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rr.anship, who always had the interests of tho country at heart He showed his devotion by his submission the iniquitous proceeding at the time of the election of 1876. His course upon that occasion kept the country from a state of anarchy. Assemblyman Phil Kenan regarded Mr. Tiiden as a man of rare ability and a great statesman, whose death would be a great loss to the couutry. Deputy County Clerk Gilroy said: “It a great pity that the fraud of 1876 has not been avenged before Mr. Ttiden’s death. That stain remains upon the history of this country, and always wilL Mr. Tiiden was one of the greatest statesmen this country ever produced, and even in his dying years he showed his ability by his view with reference to our coast defences.’’ Judge Donohue, of the Supreme Court, said: “He was a very able man, and fairly elected President of the United States, as I suppose is nor generally admitted. 1 knew that he had been a very sick man for some time past, and his death Was not entirely unexpected to me.” Judge Bench, of the Court of Common Pleas, said: “His death is a great loss, both personally and politically.” Lawyer David McClure said: “He was a man of great ability. He was cheated out of the presidency. ” The one great feature of the talk incidental to Mr. Tilden’s death was the loss it would be to the Democratic party, that has of late been robbed by death of such leaders as Seymour, Hendricks, John Kelly and others. “The loss will fall very heavy upon the Democracy,” said Gen. Fitz John Porter. * Mr. Tiiden was regarded as a mentor by many of the leaders of the party, and they will now be at a great loss where to go for adviee. I doubt if they can ever replace him. lam not surprised to hear of his death, however, for the last time I saw Mr. Tiiden I bought he looked very poorly.’* ‘•lt sec ms to me,” said Senator Murphy, “that the Democratic party is rapidly going to pieces. All of its shining lights are being taken away by the hand of death. Mr. Tiiden was a man whom the Democratic party can never replace.” “The Democracy is haviug hard luck and no mistake,” said Senator Plunkett, “now that the leader is d?ad. This begins to look very cloudy. Samuel J. Tilden’s loss will be felt for many a day after he is laid to rest, and there never will be a man to take up the party’s cause whore he laid it down.” “I had the honor of serving in the Legislature with Mr. Tiiden,” said'ex-Commissioner of Excise Hauebton, “and found him to be a man in a million. Asa representative of Mr. Tilden’s district. I had occasion to meet him very often, and roust say as a statesman he was never surpassed. His loss is not only a great blow to his party, but to the country as well.” The clubs and hotel corridors are pretty well deserted at this time of year, and little conversation on the death of Mr. Tiiden could be heard among prominent people on that account Wherever talk was heard, sorrow was expressed in unlimited terms. People of all political faiths and oallings united in expressing regret for the dead statesman. “Great man” and “Democratic party’s most able champion” were favorite terms of description of the great leader. Among many the hope was expressed that the funeral ceremonies would take place in this city; that an opportunity might be had by the populace to show the extreme feeling of respect that is felt for the man’s memory. It was predicted that Mr. Tilden's funeral would be attended by a gathering of people that had never been equaled in numbers or variety of representation in the history of the country. The Manhattan Clnb, of which Mr. Tiiden was a member since 1865, will meet on Friday to take appropriate action. The Lotus, Union and New Amsterdam Clubs will display their flags at half mast to-morrow. The Bar Association, with which Mr. Tiiden has been closely identified since 1869, will take appropriate steps at an early day to honor the statesman’s memory. Other associations will do likewide.

Governor Hill’s Opinion. Albany, N. Y., Ang. 4. —To-day Governor Hill said: “I have known Mr. Tiiden for over seventeen years. My first acquaintance with him began when he was chairman of the Democratic State committee, and being associated with him in the Legislature of 1872, in which we both served together as Democratic members of the judiciary committee. Our political relations became qnite intimate, and|were always of the most pleasant character. He told me on the first day’s session of that Legislature that his object in coming there was to secure the removal of corrupt judges of New York. He was the prime mover in all impeachment proceedings which followed, and he succeeded in all his efforts. He was not especially popular in that Legislature, and antagonized many members and made enemies. At that time no one would have dared prediot that he would become the leader of a party in the State and Nation. His growth in public estimation was slow, but sure. He was always courteous and extremely conservative. He was ever on the honest side of every public question, and persevered in whatever he undertook. After his election for Governor, his famous war upon the canal ring and his efforts to pnrify the administration of public affairs brought him into great prominence and gave him the confidence of the people. He, however, antagonized many prominent men in the Democratic party. He had before this, as chairmen of the State committee, attacked the Tweed ring in New York, and, mainly through his exertions, that ring was driven from power. It is needless to say that I believed in him and admired his ability, his courage and his political sagacity. Nearly all the political struggles in which I was engaged for so many years in the southern tier of counties were waged in his behalf. I warmly advocated his nomination for the presidency in 1876. and was elected a delegate to the St Louis convention which nominated him. His campaign was based npon the single istae of ‘reform.’ I favored his renomination in 1880, and I am one of those who believe that he would have been triumphantly elected. The Democratic party frittered away the only issue it had upon which it could have won. Mr. Tiiden, in my judgment, was one of the ereatest men this country has produced. It is sometimes said he was a mere ‘politician.’ He was, however, a politician in the highest and best sense of the terra. He may have been ambitious, but his was always an honorable ambition and one that secured great benefits to the people whom he had always faithfully served. I cau hardly express my feelings at his death. I saw him for the last time at his home in Greyatone, where I visited him at his request. Intellectually he was never brighter. He talked freely on all public questions, and I discovered that he was thoroughly posted on everything that was transpiring. His general health was better than it had been for some time, Although his voice was very weak. He wrote to me quite frequently all during last winter and spring and my last letter from him was only a few weeks ago. He has been a firm friend for many years and aided me by his efforts, friendship and advice in the campaigns of ’B2 and 'BS. The Democratic party has lost one of its distinguished leaders, and his place will be hard to iilL”

Proclamation by Governor Hill. Albany, N. Y., Aug. 4.—Governor Hill to-day Issued the following proclamation: * State of New York, Executive Chamber. “larnounce to the people of the State, with sincere regret, the death of Samuel J. Tilden. After a lone and active career, devoted to the public good and* the rendition of arduous and conspicuous services in behalf of the people, he this morning peacefully passed away at his chosen retreat at Greystone, on the banks of the Hudson. The country loses one of its ablest statesmen, and the State of New York one of its Toremost citizens. He was twice a Representative in the State Legislature, a member of two constitutional conventions, Governor of the State for two years, and in 1876 was the candidate of one of the greatest parties of the country for the presidency, and received therefor the electoral vote of bis native State: and upon the popular vote was declared the choice of a majority of the voters of the United States, Asa private citizen and in every public station, be was pure and upright, and discharged every trust with conspicuous fidelity. His last public utterance, which attracted universal attention, exhibits the same spirit of unselfish patriotism which characterized his whole career and was iu behalf of strengthening the defenses of bis country that he loved so well. It is meet that the close of such a life should be marked with more than passing notice. The Legislature not being in session at the time, 1 jooupaad to the people of the State such ex-

pression of respect for his long, faithful and honorable services as they may deemlappropriate. Now. therefore, it is hereby directed, as a mark of regard for the distinguished dead, that the flags upon the Capitol .and upon all pnblic buildings of the State, including the armories and arsenals of the National Guard, be displayed at half mast, until and including the day of the funoral, and the citizens of the State for a like period are requested to unite m appropriate tokens of respect. “Given under my hand and privy seal of the State, at the Capitol in the city of Albany this, the fourth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eightysix. By the Governor; David B. Htll. “Ikvino F. Cragik, Acting Private Secretary.” Washington, Aug. 4. Mr. Morrison, of Illinois, offered and the House unanimously adopted tbe following resolution: That the House of Representatives of the United States has heard, with profound sorrow, of the death of that eminent and distinguished citizen, Samuel J. Tiiden.

Action of Tammany Sachems. New York, Aug. 4. —At a meeting of the board of sachems of the Tammany Society, tonight, with ex-Congressman P. H. Henry Dugro presiding, the following resolutions, offered by Sachem George Foster, and seconded by Sheriff Hugh J, Grant, were unanimously adopted: Whereas, The board of sachems of the Tammany Society, of Columbian Order, has learned with most profound sorrow of the death of Samuel J. Tiiden; whereas, by his private and public life he deserved and attained the love and admiration of the people as an honest man, a patriotic citizen, a faithful public servant, a great statesman and a true son of liberty, who in his career evinced, by the energy, honor and integrity, -with which he pursued lofty aims a*d ambition, that he possessed abilities of the highest order, and the character to apply the same to pure and elevated ends; and, whereas, Samuel J, Tiiden was, at the time _of his death, a member of this society, was a ffiig time a member of the board of sachems, and was for many years identified with the Tammany Hall organization in its struggles to preserve constitutional liberty to our people, and in the contest between the advocates of a government for the people, as represented by that organization, and oppo*ed to a centralized government; and, whereas it is eminently proper, therefore, that we, as representatives of the society, should take appropriate action to manifest our deep sorrow for his death, to record our appreciation of his labor* in behalf of free government, and to add our tribute of respect to his memory; be it, therefore, Resolved, That the members of the board of sachems, for themselves and those they represent, deplore the death of Samuel J. Tiiden, and, out of respect to his memory, it is hereby recommended that the meeting room of the society be draped in mourning; that the flag on Tammany Hall be displayed at half staff, from sunrise until sunset each day, until after the funeral ceremonies, and that the society be requested to attend the funeral. In Other Cities. St. Louis, Aug. 4. —The announcement of Samuel J. Tilden’s death in this city was received with expressions of profound regret among all classes of people, but the politicians seem most affected by it Comments and speculations as to its effect npon the Democracy are heard npon every side. It is expected that delegations of citizens will be appointed by a public meeting to be sent to attend obsequies, should the latter be public. A meeting of the Hendricks Club will be called to express regret at tbe sad event. New Orleans. Ang.4.—Shortly after receiving the news of the death of the Hon. S. J. Tiiden, Mayor Goillotte ordered tbe departments to suspend business. The City Hall was closed, and tbe flag placed at half-mast in honor of the deceased statesman. Governor D’Enery issued a proclamation, in which, after referring briefly to the cause of Mr. Tilden’s death, he says: “Thus, suddenly and without warning to them, the peoDle of the American republic are bereaved of the wisest of their great statesmen, the noblest of their patriots, and tbe purest of their countrymen. Tbe history of our States records tbe name of no magistrate more sagacious, no counsellor more wise, no public servant more faithful For many years he has been the conspicuous and acknowledged chieftain of the great party to whose principles he has shown life-long devotion, while at the sami time his example has been admired and his op .nions respected by the best men of all parties. He is taken away from ns in the full brightness o? his great mind, laden with honors and crowned with the love of all who knew his excellence of character, leaving his teachings for Ohr guidance and his example for our legacy.” The Governor recommends that all the public offices bs closed on the day appointed for the funeral, and that the proper military and civil honors be paid to his memory. Washington, Aug. 4. —The news of Mr. Tilden’s death was received at the Capitol, to-day, with every manifestation of regret. No one in this city had received any intimation of the condition of the deceased statesman, and many of the members of Congress, including even Mr. Hewitt, first heard of the sad event when the resolution of regret offered by Mr. Morrison was read from the Clerk’s desk in the House. Mr. Randall was perhaps more visibly affected than any other member of the House. He spoke in deep sorrow of the loss the Democracy had sustained in Mr. Tilden’s death, and his sentiments found sympathetic response among the rank and file of the Democratic party in both houses of Congress, while prominent Republicans were not wanting in expressions of sorrow. Had not the impression obtained that this would he the last day of the session, the resolution adopted in the House this morning would have been followed by an immediate adjournment of that body.

Telegrams of Condolence. Washington, Aug. 4—The President has sept the following telegram: ‘"To 001. Samuel J. Tilden, jr., Greystone. Yonkers: “I have this moment learned of the sudden death of vour illustrious relative, Samuel J. Tilden, and hasten to express my individual sorrow in an event by which the State of New York has lost her most distinguished son, and the Nation one of its wisest and most patriotic counselors. “Grover Cleveland.” Albany, N. Y., Aug. 4.—Upon receipt of the news of Mr. Tilden’s death, Governor Hill immediately sent the following dispatch: “State of New York, Executive Chamber, \ Albany, N. Y., Aug. 4, 1886. 5 “Col. Samuel J. Tililen. Greystone, New York: “I learn with deep regret the death of your distinguished uncle, Samuel J. Tilden. I tender to you and the other relatives ray sincere sympathy in your great bereavement. In his death the country loses one of her most eminent statesmen, and our own State one of its most illustrious sons. Please inform me at your earliest convenience of the date which may be fixed for the funeral, as I shall endeavor to attend. “David B. Bill.” HISTORICAL. AND INCIDENTAL. Sketch of Mr. Tilden’s Career—His Home and ■ His Daily Habits of Life. Samuel Jones Tilden, was born in New Lebanon, Columbia county, New York, Feb. 9, 1814, where his grandfather, John Tilden, settled in 1790, and where his father, Elam Tilden, was a farmer and merchant Samuel entered Yale College in 1833, but soon left that Institution and graduated at the University of New York. He was admitted to the bar in 1841, and began practice in New York city. In 1844, the Morning News, a daily paper, was established in New York to advocate the election tc the presidency of James K. Polk. Mr. Tilden invested capital in this enterprise and became the editor of the journal, which position he held nntil after the election. In 1845 be was elected to the New York Assembly, aud in 1846 was chosen a member of the constitutional convention, where he was made a member of the committee on finance and canals. In 1855 he was defeated as the “Softshell” Democratic candidate for Attorney-gener-al of New York. Mr. Tilden then devoted himself to his profession. His practice was very extensive, principally as a corporation lawyer, and as what is known as a “lailway wrecker,” by which means he amassed great wealth. Besides other important cases, he was counsel, in 1856, for Azariah C. Flagg, in the case growing out of the contested election for the eontrollership of New York city;

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1 in 1857 for the relatives of Dr. Burdell against the claims of Mrs. Cunningham, and for the Pennsylvania Coal Company in the suit brought by the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company. Mr. Tiiden became chairman of the Democratic State committee in 1866, and was a leading member of the constitutional convention of 1867, serving with distinction on the finance committee. In 1869-70 he was active in the organization of the Bar Association. In 1872 he was again elected to tbe general Assembly. In 1874 he was elected Governor of New York by a plurality of 50,317 votes over Gen. John A. Dix (Republican) and Myron H. Clark (Prohibition). He was inaugurated Jan. 1, 1875, and soon after declared war against the “Canal ring,” which resulted in the overthrow of that organization. When the national Democratic convention assembled at St Louis, in June, 1876, Governor Tiiden was tbe leading candidate for the first place on the ticket On the first ballot he received of the 713 votes cast When the vote for the second ballot was finally announced, Governor Tiiden had 535 in a whole vote of 738. Tbe nomination was made unanimous, and he was declared the Democratic candidate for the presidency. Be accepted the nomination in a brief speech on July 11, his formal letter of acceptance being dated July 3L The conduct of the campaign of that year will be remembered by most of the readers of the Journal. It will be recalled that there were a number of cypher telegrams traced to tbe residence of Mr. Tiiden, a subsequent translation of which showed that there had been an attempt made to buy the electoral vote of Oregon, South Carolina and Florida for Mr. Tiiden, which, fortunately for the country, failed of success. Mr. Tiiden, as soon as the translation was made public, declared that he had no knowledge of the same, and insisted that in the'elevation of Gen. Hayes to the presidency the people of the country had been cheated out of their votes. In the election it was developed that Mr. Tiiden, accepting the returns of such States as did not allow free elections, bad a popular majority, while General Hayes had a majority of one in the electoral college, so that the commission selected to adjudicate the matter awarded the election to the latter. It was developed in the course of tbe investigation into the merits of the contest that the nephew of Mr. Tiiden, if not Mr. Tiiden himself, had been a party to the attempt to buy the votes necessary to elect Mr. Tiiden, which, as has been shown, failed to succeed. In 1880 his name was again suggested for the nomination for the first place on the Democratic ticket; but he had written a letter partly declining to accept the 6ame,'and advantage was taken of this to place General Hancock in nomination on the ticket for tho presidency. In the convention Mr. Tiiden received thirty-eight votes on the first ballot, on the second six, and on the third and last, one. Seven years ago, realizing that he was failing in health, he determined to retire from active life, and bought him a place on the Hudson called “Greystone,” and between this place and his city home he has passed his time since then. At frequent intervals up to the recent past he has taken occasion to write letters for publication on public topics, the last being only a few weeks ago, urging the necessity of better coast defenses. also wrote letters as far back as 1860, in some of which he made it apparent that he was a sympathizer with the cause of secession, and enrolled himself as a copperhead. In a letter to Mr. Kent, under date of Oct. 20, 1860, speaking of what the fathers had done in organizing this government, he said: “They, therefore, largely adopted the federative idea in the mixed system which they established, and vesting only the powers appertaining to our foreign relations and to certain specified common objects of a domestic nature in a federative agency, they left the great residuary mass of governmental functions to the several States.” It will be seen from this that it was his intention to apologize in advance for the secession movement that followed the election of Lincoln, and which was even then threatened as a means of trying to frighten the loyal North from its duty to the country. That this was his meaning is made plain in another paragraph in this same letter, which reads: “If such an organization as the RepboTTSan party should acquire complete possession of the federal executive government, what sort of a system would it be? To the people of the fifteen States it would be a foreign government. It would -be erected over them through the form of their Constitution, but that could not affect its practical character. None of their citizens would have concurred in bringing the administration into existence. None of the public opinion would be represented in that administration.” Seeking still further to strengthen the “cause” of the South in its purpose to rebel in event the Republican candidate should be elected, Mr. Tiiden continued: “A condition of parties in which the federative government shall ne carried on by a party having no affiliations in the Southern States is impossible to continue. Such a government would be out of all relation to those States. It would have neither the nerves of sensation, which convey intelligence to the intellect of the body politic, nor the ligaments and muscles which hold its parts together and move them in harmony. It would be in substance the government of one people by another people. That system will not do with our race. The fifteen organized States to be subjected to it now occupy a region as large as France, Italy, the Austrian Empire, the German States and the British isles. In my judgment such condition of things could not become complete in all the departments of the government before (he autaeonism of the minority would throw off the government by secession from the Union.”

On the 20th of April, 1861, eight days after the firing on Fort Sumter, a meeting, without regard to party, was called to be held in the city of New York, and Mr. Tilden was asked to allow his name to be used in the call, but he refused to do so. The purpose of that meeting was to pledge the people in favor of the maintenance of the Union. For several years past Mr. Tilden has been in failing health, and really suffered a stroke of paralysis, though the exact date of this affliction is not known to the public, as it was kept a secret for partisan reasons, many of his friends maintaining that he was a sound man until, at last, such a claim could no longer be made. The latest account of Mr. Tilden’s home life and habits was given in the New York Star, of Sunday last, and will be of interest now. Mr. Tilden usually wakes in the morning about 4:30. An electric bell at the head of his bed summons his valet, who gives him his medicine, which be takes as regularly as be does his food. Afterward he liesstill until about 8 o'clock, seemingly dozing, though when his valet, thinking him asleep, approaches the bed, he finds his bright eyes open aud watching him. If he feels well he is assisted down to a 9 o’clock breakfast, which usually consists of milk and some rich broth. Owing to an attack of paralysis. Mr. Tilden is unable to close his .lips, aud his mouth is constantly open. His right hand, from the same cause is entirely useless, trembling all the time. He has not even the power to raise it to his mouth. His left hand is bnt slightly affected by the stroke of paralysis, and he has the partial use of it In eating he uses his left hand to bold up his lower jaw. His faithful companion, Miss Anna Gould, who is the sister of the wife of Mr. Henry Tilden, places to his mouth every particle of food that he eats. She generally puts it in his month with a spoon, and he is enabled to swallow it by raising his lower jaw with bis left hand, and putting his head back. While at breakfast the morning papers are read to him, and notes made by his secretaries at his direction of any important point or move in the political world. After breakfast he usually goes into his office, on the right side of the hail, where he sees the different employes of the place, and hears their respective report! concerning the welfare of his stock and farm. In all that pertains to his cattle, his garden, his horses or his dogs, Mr. Tilden manifests the greatest interest He goes into the minutest details, and often astonishes the men with valuable suggestions about their different work which they, who have been in that especial branch of farming all their lives, hare never thought of. When in his office, Mr. Tilden usually reclines in an immense bamboo arm-chair, which is lined with the softest cushions. He is usually dressed in a soft dressing-gown, dark trousers and shppevs. While be cannot speak above a whisper,

and that not without great effort and only a few words at a time, he gives directions concerning everything that is done, either on the place or on the farm. He nas two secretariee, who are kept busy all the time looking after the vast details of his business and tabulating the increase and production of the stock and farm, their figures being scanned by Mr. Tiiden before they are filed away. He is very methodical and thorough in everything he does. His retentive memory enables him to place his hand upon any paper or account that he desires. After he is through with the farm hands, Mr. George W. Smith, who is his business manager and confidential secretary, usually cornea up from New York, where he lives, to see him and make his report. At 12 o’clock, if the sun is out and the weather not too damp. Edward Riley (who has been Mr. Tilden’s coachman for thirty years), dressed in his blue top coat, immaculate white tie and high silk hat, drives up to tbe front door under the portico. He sit* on the front seat of an old-fashioned T-cart, drawn by a dark blood bay thoroughbred. Mr. Tiiden, dressed in overcoat and a soft felt hat, and leaning on the arm of his valet and Miss Gould, comes out at the front door. His walk is slow and very feeble. His right leg, which has been paralyzed, moves with a stiff, uncertain motion. As he comes slowly down the steps, one cannot fail to see the physical change that has come over the wellknown figure that was so often seen on horseback in the streets of Albany when he was Gov: ernor. His face is very thin and furrowed. Hia hands are shriveled until one can almost see the 4 bones. He stoops a little and leans heavily on the strong arm of his valet But to look at his eyes one forgets the change that has come over the statesman. They are jnst the same bright, kindly, truth-telling eyes that made so many friends for him. They look at a stranger with a glance as if they would read his innermost thoughts. After hia ride, which generally ends about 2 or 2:30. be lunches again. He eats sparingly and always of soft food. Though Mr. Tiiden has been unable for the last five years to speak above a whisper, caused by the paralysis of the vocal, chords, his hearing is perfect and his eyesight good. He suffers a great deal from his old enemy, indigestion, and much more from insomnia, although to a great extent he has been relieved of that trouble by tbe efforts or bis physician,Dr. Charles E. Simmons. Seated in his easy chair, his loose dressing-gown buttoned and hanging in baggy folds about his emaciated body, Mr. Tiiden gives what attention he can to the reading of his secretary or of Miss Gould. At times his eyes seem about to close, ana it seems as though he must fall asleep. This is the signal that the time has come when he needs rest, and his careful valet, who is always within call, lays hia master gently on the lounge that stands conveniently near. After a short interval of perfect quiet, Mr. Tiiden opens his eyes and signifies a desire to sit up again. Restored to his chair he presents about the same worn, listless and utterly debilitated appearance as before. His poor, paralyzed hands hang (the right one, at least,) entirely helpless by his side, and his lower jaw droops, leaving his mouth slightly open and bringing a ghastly expression to his thin features. The whole attitude is one of absolute physical dejection. At intervals his eye light* up as of old with a kindly interest in the subject that is being talked about; but the strain of concentrated attention is clearly too much for the invalid statesman, who loses interest in anything that requires an effort and needs to be diverted by a frequent change of topic, and to be amused that he may not fall into a lethargy. His medicine is administered with almost mathematical exactness, and it rarely happens that his light doses are missed at the regular time. And it is the same with bis food. Every ounce he eats is calculated and weighed before it is prepared and set before him. Rich soups, in infinitesimal quantities, supplemented with small draughts of creamy milk, the latter the yield of bis famous Alderneys and Guernseys, together with the tenderest part of a chicken or a mere morsel of meat minced so as to be readily masticated, make up his diet. These viauds, temptingly cooked and carried to his lips by his attendant, frequently fail to rouse his appetite, and are returned almost untasted. It is a matter of comment among his intimates that be should be able, on so little nourishment, to sustain life at all. Mr. Tiiden, in making some improvements recently, had need of an engineer to lay off some ground for him back of his farm. The engineer thought because Mr. Tilden's voice and physical strength had left him that it necessarily followed that he could not hear well. One day Mr. Tiiden drove out to see how the work was getting on. The workmen, as they usually do at his approach, took off their hats. Mr. Tiiden spoke to Miss Gould, who asked the engineer how the work was coming on. The man took off his hat, walked close up to the side of the T cart where Mr. Tiiden was sitting, and yelled: “We’re coming on all right, Guv'nor,” and added in a low voice to himself: “Why the devil don’t he stay in the house?” Mr. Tilden’s eyes sparkled, and laying his left hand on the sleeve motioned for him to nut his ear down to his mouth, and in a quiet voice he said:

“My hearing is very good.’' The man’s face was a picture—white, red, then white again. Then timidly lifting his eyes to the Governor’s face, he took off his hat and asked his pardon. Mr. Tilden simply smiled and motioned for Riley to drive on. After lunch, about 2:30, Mr. Tilden reclines on a couch in bis room, and Miss Gould reads to him. He is especially fond of books of travel, autobiography and bioerapby. Being fond of travel, though prevented by feeble health from enjoying it, he loves to go with those more fortunate in wandering around the world. He knows much more of the byways and highways of the world than many who have spent their lives in traveling. His retentive memory and methodical habits have given him an encyclopedic knowledge of all countries. He is tolerably fond of fiction, but prefers an intricate plot. Sometimes he likes a well-told love story. His collection of books is unsurpassed by any private collection in the world. Most of them are in the fire-proof half of his large double house in Gramercy Park. He has never occupied this house for any length of time sinee building it. His collection of books at Greystone principally relate to agricultural subjects. An especial feature of the collection at Greystone is a magnificent elepbaut edition of “Audubon’s Birds” m plushlined case. On afternoons, after a pleasant night, when Mr. Tilden feels better than usnal, he goes aboard bis yacht, the Viking, which lies with steam up off the wharf at Yonkers. He is driven down the wharf in his victoria, helped into his gig and taken on board the yaeht. The Viking is 150 feet long over all, 137 feet on her water line, has double compound engine, and a propeller with a seven-feet two-inch stroke. When pushed, she is capable of making about sixteen knots au hour. She is schooner rigged, and since coming into Mr Tilden's possession has been refitted throughout] On passing down the companion-way one comes into the saloon. On either side of the companion way at the foot there are two rooms, with bunks in them for the captain and mate. The chief engineer has a room forward. Besides these, the crew consists of a steward and ten men. The table is always set ready for Mr. Tilden or any of his friends. The saloon is finished in cnrled maple, straight maple and satin wood, dressed with imported cherry. The cushions along the side of the cabin are upholstered iu reside plush. Under them are ample lockers for the linen, china, etc. Two large sideboards are placed at the head of the cabin just forward of the mainmast, which comes down and is finished in cherry. The solid silver service is out on the sideboards, the sugar is in the sugar-bowl, and everything is ready for instant use. Just forward of the mainmast the entrance to the passage is the door of the stateroom designed for Mr. Tilden, though he has never used it since purchasing the yacht. He seldom atavs out longer than four or five hours. His stateroom is finished like the saloon, in maple and cherry. A large plate-glass mirror over a dressing case on which lie two pairs of marine glasses, a pincushion, and old spectacle-case and a llfetleman’s dressing-case. A little door leads into an elegant bathroom, with every convenience that modern skill can devise and every luxury that money can procure. On the port side, opposite Mr. Tilden’s stateroom, with the entrance on a little passage running across-sbips, is a guest chamber, and opposite and further forward is another. Between that and Mr. Tilden's bath-room is the butler’s pantry with its neat array of silver and cut glass. An elevator has been arranged to saw# the fowl frost the kitchen, which is forward of the wheel house, back into the butler’s pantry. Then comes the engine room with its banked fires, rather hot for the present state of the weather. Forward of the engine-room is the oook's room, an apartment that would make any

New England housewife jealous with its neatness and cute little cupboards. Adjoining the cook’s department is a cabin for the convenience of the officers and craw, the officers dining first, the crew following. In the bow of the yacht are the sailors’ quarters. The wheel has been taken out of the pilothouse and placed on the bridge above. The size of the windows have been increasad, and the captain’s room aft of the pilot-house removed, and a large, comfortable room made for Mr. Tilden's benefit The floor is covered with a heavy Axrainster carpet, and the walls finished in hard wood. A large, luxurious lounge of resida plush runs the entire length of the little room. A comfortable pillow is placed at its head, and a large wicker chair and a settee are also in the room. Up above, where the marine glasses are usually kept, hung on last Friday a lady’s parasol, a novel and a pair of lady’s gloves. The captain said that Mr. Tilden usually let down all the windows of the pilot house when he was in it, so as to get the fresh air. “You see,” said the captain, ‘‘when be is sitting up there he is free from all shock and jar of the machinery. He can lie down whenever he wants to, which is most all the time. He is not able to stand up much, and cannot endure any fatigue.” “I suppose,” said the writer, "he always has someone with him.” "Oh. yes, he never goes out alone. Miss Gould is with him all the time, and his valet is within xall. We are making anew dock back of the Bhiv’nor’s house.” ‘‘How long do you propose to make it, and when do yon think it will be completed?” “I can’t tell when it will be completed,” answered the captain, ‘‘we have made the soundings and intend for it to be four hundred feet in length. It will be solidly built, so as to withstand our hard winters, and the Viking will lay thero all the time. Another improvement that the Governor is thinking of making is the building of a railway from his house down to the pier, about s mile.” “How is he going to build the road?” “That is pretry hard to say. He has his own ideas, and I don’t think any one but the engineers know exactly about it We have got a new steam launch too; we sent our cutter down to the city and had a naptha engine put in her of two-horse power. She goes along pretty well, and is very useful in making landings or any other work about the harbor. Mr. Tilden rarely put his hand to paper, and one of the last times he wrote was to sign a telegram of condolence to the father of Hubert O. Thompson. The last letter which he signed was written to Secretary Daniel Manning. Mr. Manning was the last guest whom he entertained at his house. Mr. Manning was there for a week, and left about eleven days ago. For some months past Mr. Tilden has busied himself at odd times with the composition of a family record of the Tilden family. He traced the line back to John Telden, who lived In the Vale of Telden, county of Kent, England, in 1463. Some of the family still reside there. Mr. Tilden completed this work la&t week, and on Monday of this week he dictated the preface his last dictation. In it he says the record was compiled from information pickup here and there, jotted dowD, and tossed into a drawer. These he had placed together by the aid of memory end from what help he could get from others. He wrote, he says, because he thought it might be of use to the younger members of the family, as it showed them that they had sprung from an honest, sturdy set, of whom they could be proud. It will thus be seen that Mr, Tilden’s mental vigor was unimpared by his long illness. His appetite was good, and he ate as much as most men. He dined regularly with the family, and only differed from them in that he ate at more frequent iutervals. He was perfectly able to masticate his food. He rarely ate vegetables, but was fond of fruit.

TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. The Kansas Democrats yesterday nominated Thomas Moonlight, of Leavenworth, for Governor. The Republicans of the Seventeenth Ohio congressional district have nominated CoL Jos. D. Taylor. The July earnings of the Northern Pacifio were $1,120,865, an increase of $120,854 over the same month of 1885. Harrison Durkee, vice-president of the Western Union Teleeraph Company, died at his residence in New York yesterday. David O’Brien was yesterday convicted at Cincinnati of voting illegally in the Eighteenth ward at last October’s election.' The Democratic State convention of Kansas yesterday adopted resolutions heartily indorsing the national administration, and declaring their opposition to sumptuary legislation. Hull & Cuzzens, one of the oldest manufacturing firms of furnaces, ranges and stoveware, in St. Louis, have assigned. Assets valued at $5,500. Their liabilities are SII,OOO. The Democrats carried the municipal election at Portsmouth, N. H., on Tuesday, electing every city officer but one alderman. Mayor Eldredge was re-elected by 467 majority. It is semi officially announced thatJ. M. Egan, eeneral superintendent of the Western division of the Canadian Pacific, has resigned to acoept a similar position with the Manitoba road. A New Orleans special to Jameson, Smith & Cutting, of New York, says: There is not the least alarm here about yellow fever. The infected vessel was strictly quarantined more than one hundred miles from the city. The Democrats of South Carolina yesterday nominated J. P. Richardson, present State Treasurer for Governor. His leading competitor was the present Governor, John CT Sheppard, who was the choice of the farmers’ organization. In New York, yesterday, Judge Brown, of the United States District Court, decided the case of the government against the bondsmen of Howgate, of the Signal Servioe corps, defaulter. The court decided in favor of the plaintiff for $12,000 and interest. John Sweeny, second mate on the river steamer Hudson, shot and instantly killed George Diamond, a negro roustabout, on the levee at St Louis, yesterday. A dispute over some trivial matter was the cause of the shooting, which Sweeney says he did in self-defense. The failure of the grain commission firm of William R. Harvey & Cos., of Chicago, is announced. The liabilities are not large. Harvey is said to owe about $25,000 on the regular board. His losses outside, if any, are unknown. The total liabilities may be inside the figures given above. The suddenness of the failure may be imagined from the fact that Harvey’s brokers had orders on the market up tb within fifteen minutes of the time the announcement was made. The annual meeting of Cleveland & Mahoning Valley stockholders was held at the office of the company in Cleveland, yesterday. The road is leased for a long term of years to the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio at an annual rental of $412,180, which is sufficient to pay the interest on the bonds and yield a dividend of 11 per cent to the stock. The following directors were elected: Stevenson Burke, Charles Hickox and Amos Townsend for three years, and J. E. Ingersotl for two years. The board organized by re-elect-ing its old officers—S. Burke, president; E, E. Poppleton, secretary; E. R. Perkins, treasurer. The Catholic Total Abstinence Union. Chicago, Aug. 4.—The Inter Ocean's Notre Dame, Ind., special says: The Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America met in its sixteenth annual convention at the University of Notre Dame to-day. There are 135 delegates present. The session wss opened with pontifical hieh mass, celebrated by Archbishop Elder, Cincinnati. Rev. Father Conatv, of Worcester, Mass., delivered the sermon. An interesting exhibition drill was given by the junior pioneer corps, of St. Michael’s Soeiety, Philadelphia. Reports showed the total number of societies to be 651, an increase of twelve over last year. The total membership is 43,053, an increase of 2,000. Cardinal Gibbons sent a letter expressing hearty sympathy with the work of the union. The organization is strictly non-political. Strike of Packers in Chicago. Chicago, Aug. 4.—Eight hundred men employed in the Hateiy packing house, at the Union Stock-yards, have quit work on a refusal to return to the ten-hour working day. Rumors of strikes in the other houses are rife. Mr. Hateiy endeavored to inaugurate the method of working by the hour, irrespective of the number of hours worked each day. The men refused and quit work. Forty men employed in the Fowler packing house stopped work this afternoon, when they were asked to work on the ten-hour plan. No trouble is reported at any other houses.

WASHING iON NEWS. [Concluded from First Page.] for final examination before issue of patents, the report says, has involved a temporary delay in the issue of patents which accounts to some extent for the apparent decrease in the number of patents issued between April 3 and June 21, 1886. minor matters. Getting Ready to Close Up Business and Take a Rest. Washington, Aug. A—The deficiency, sundry civil and river and harbor appropriation bills were enrolled and sent to the President for approval about noon to-day. The President will not leave Washington for his vacation until week aftef next He will go direct to the Adirondack mountains, and will be accompanied by Mrs. Cleveland, Mrs. Folsom and one or two intimate friends. The President denied himself to visitors to-day, and devoted his entire attention to the measures sent him by Congress for bis action. The members of his Cabinet were with him at the White House most of the day assisting in the consideration of bills, etc. By 12 o’clock the President had, with very few exceptions, disposed of all the measures then before him. He telegraphed Senator Beck, in reply to an inquiry, that Congress can consult its own convenience with regard to the time of adjournment, but that he preferred not to come to the Capitol if the necessity could be avoided. Senator Allison thinks that an adjournment will take place at 11 o’clock to-night A Hater of the American Flag. Washington Special. Several weeks ago one of a gronp of men standing in the street near a Washington hotel saw a man hoisting an American flag on a build* ing near, and as it rose to the head of the flag staff he said: “What a beautiful flag that is!” Another member of the group added: "Yes, ani it never looks so beautiful to anybody in this country a it does to au American in a foreign land.” A third member of the group was Gen. Dabney H. Maury, who has just been nominated to represent the United States as Minister in Colombia. He gritted his teeth and said, "I bate it!” And then observing the expression of amazement on the countenances of lis companions, several of whom had served in the rebel army, he added, “But, of course, I would fight for it now. ” General and Personal. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Aug. 4. —W. H. Scale, of Terre Haute, is at the Ebbitt. Senator Harrison intended leaving here for Indianapolis this afternoon, bub the delay in the adjournment of Congress compelled him to postpone his departure till to-morrow. Representatives Ford and Kleiner expect to leave for their homes in Indiana to-morrow. House-postmaster Maiton will leave on Sunday and General Browne on Friday. The nominations of Mablon D. Manson, to be collector of internal revenue, vice Tom Hanlon, and Judge David Tnrpie, to be United States district attorney, vice John T. Lamb, were confirmed at the secret session of the Senate. When the Senate adjourns to-morrow, there will he but two Indiana nominations pending, those of the postmasters at Columbia City and Martinsville. They are as good as rejected. C. W. Chapman, of Warsaw, is at Willard’s. It is reported that President Cleveland has determined to ask for the resignation of Commissioner of Pensions Black, at the expiration of the latter’s summer vacation and return from the Pacific slope. The other day after Senator Beck finished his speech on the Treasury surplus resolution, he was told by a page that his wife was waiting for him in his committee-room. When he entered the room, she opeued a valise and produced a complete change of linen which she had brought from home. She had read in one of the morning papers that he intended to speak, and knowing it to be a hot day and her husband to be very fond of gesticulating during his speeches, wisely concluded to take him a change of raiment. Beck’s brother Senators wondered how he looked so fresh when he returned to the chamber, and they were mopping their brows and trying in vain to maintain the equilibrium of their collars, and Beck was only too happy to explain and tall what a good wife he has. It is understood that, prior to adjournment, the Repnblican members of the House will present Speaker Carlisle with a handsome testimonial, as an evidence of their appreciation of hifi fairness as a presiding officer. The aggregate appropriations made by the regular appropriation bills passed this session of Congress (excluding the fortifications bill) is $365,000,000, which is $45,000,000 in excess of ihe appropriations made by the bills passed last session. The President vetoed five more pension bills to day. The President has signed the sundry civil and general deficiency bills.

The Civil-Service Reform League. Newport, R. 1., Aug. 4. —The annual meeting of the National Civil-Service Reform League, this morning, was attended by a large and intellectual audience. Eminent civil service reformers from all parts of the filled the churoh where the meeting was held. The annual address was delivered by the president of the league, Hon. George William Curtis. At a business meeting, held immediately following, Mr. Curtis was unanimously re-elected president. Oat of Ammunition. Atlanta Constitution. A private who wa3 minus one arm remarked: “One day a boat opened on us with canister, and the boys were sorter rattled until a big follow shouted: ‘Stiok to ’em, boys; their ammunition’s gin out, and they’re shootin’ dinnerbuckets at us!’ ” The claims as to the curative powers of Hood’s Sarsaparilla aro baaed entirely on what the people say it has done for them. Send to C. I, Hood & Cos., Lowell, Mass., for a book containing statements of Aauy remarkable cures by Hood’s Sarsapar.lla. Root rennet mm. Prepared by a physician with special regard to health. No Ammonia, Lime or Alan. PRICE BAKING POWDER CO., CHICAGO. (WI.DOM.T IIIAtt.) PT. I/HTIJt Teeth extracted without pain by' use of Vitalised Air or Nitrous Oxide of Gas, which Is perfectly harmless, and agrees with ah conditions of the systemTeeth extracted, plain, 25c. Gold fillings, $1 aad up, wards. Silver au.l Amalgam fillings, 50 and 750. Teeth from *4, $5, SO, $lO to SSO per set. AU kinds of the Finest Dental Work iu the State a. Reduced Prices. AU work warranted as represented.