Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 July 1888 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL. MONDAY, JULY 2, 10SC.

wit great 1. He had robbed bis eeoter to reinf orce hi rizbt, whieh was then in no eondnnnto withstand the victorious caslry f the Vii tht, who oreed back hi rif.tw.nj and then turi.ed on it center. But the iiuniiua gener3d. tike Lee, remained on tfce field, and apr.are.ntl retired at bU own pleasure. Meade, tko fctm. permuted Le to remain in bi front, after he bad mattered Lira all along the line. A standard autbor says, Tt I probable that the crafty .fctius was onwilling to be too vietorions." The ea tne can be said f Meu:it was a safe victory. Tbe results of that battle were felt for centuries, the rtsnlta ' this, w fervently hope, will continue to the end of time. The alae of tbe vietory of tbi great battle will never be f ully c 'mated. If we bad fail -sd here, tben tbe effort of tbe Pilgrim fat b era. who c me to :bis conntry to establish a government on an equal basie to all, would lave been futile. The tattle of the Rerolution would bare been fought in vain, and tbe solid fabrie of liberty reared by the armies of the eolonista. end tbe corner-stone of thi great Repablie. planted by tbem, would bare been crumbled to dcit. The dial band of time would bave been turned back towards the dark ajes. Ind -Vidoal prosperity would hare been crushed out. Civilization would have received a shock, and Christian, progress would bare been paralyzed. ' From tbe beginning of time tne history of tbe world U filled with Tain attempts to establish a government dinted to the wants of the peopla, and we are egotistical enough to believe ours is the model one to stand fcae test cf time. Edmund Burke said that "The alain in battle bare been many times m greater than tbe present population of tbe whole earth." In my humble judgment the result of this field bas more signiSear ee ttan any battle of tbe eighty-eiht prominent military campaigns recorded in history. Doe Sparta now enjoy any of tbe fruits of Marathon? Did Hannibal at Caeca preserve Carthage, or ;Scipio at Zama save the Koiran empire, only for tbe tone beIsgt ibarlemagne established a vast empire on the ruins of Rome, after thirty-two yesrs of great ferocity; be bad scarcely died when it dissolved li tbe morn leg mist. Tbe Eastern Empire ro?e to power and magnificence only to be destroyed. Tbe Perlia Empire. whieb received such great impulse under Cyrus tbe Great, who conquered and reigned from tbe JSgean sea to the Euphrates, is now a sickly dynasty of no importance, and Herat, where a million and six hundred thousand lives were sacrificed, is now only tbe key of the road from Russia to tbe Last Indies. I admire Marlborough at Kamilie; Ferdinand at Minden; Frederick tbe Great at Leuthen: Joan of Are at Orleans; Henry V at Aginemrt; Gustavus Adolphus at Lutzen. and Prince Eugene at Cassauo and Turin they won great fame. The generals who fought on this and other felds of the late var, were straggling to save a nation established by tbe people and for tbe people, wbero tbe humblest eirun may be it chief executive. On vonder hill a ail-splitter delivered tbe most memorable speech in the history of tbe Nation- It will live in the hearts of tbe people and be repeated t m;j Innumerable, long if ter other great speeches are forgotten. How fully A reveala tbe fact that bis heart was constantly witi tbe armies that must save tbe Nation, and when this great battle was fought here, he sought relief in a spontaneous speech that crowned him prince of orators. Let every hamlet in tbe country have Lincoln's statue if desired, but here is the plaoe, above all others, to erect cne to bis memory, wfcere be stood that day. Make it towering, and let there be clustered around it the statue of the war Governors who so faithfully aided him in bis great work. Then will the picture of this field be complete irith it marble statues, and not till then. Later in tbe afternoon the Ninth New York National Guard Regiment escorted the veterans, of the Eighty-third Regiment to their monument, tbe procession making an imposing spectacle. Tbe monument, which is fifty-one fet slab, is a shaft of alternate rock-faced red and bine finished granite, and ia the finest regimental monument on the field. At the stand, after tncsie by the regimental band, Iter. E. P. Roe offered prayer. The monument was then presented to tbe monument association and received by CoL J. M. Vanderslice. In the evening Bishop Newman addressed an audienee of 800 in Christ Lutheran Church, on Tbe Jtission of the Country." Tbe Pennsylvania State Monument Cemmistion re now all here, and will hold a business meeting to-morrow. The commission, with the hearty approval of Governor Beaver, bare selected Oat. 3 as Pennsylvania day at Gettysburg, when all monuments erected under the auspices of the commission will be dedicated.

TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. James Hood, thirty year old, fell from the third-story fire-escape at No, 401 West Fiftieth street, New York, to the street, yesterday, and was instantly killed. Two mild eases of yellow fever arereoorted at Plant City, Fla, They are in charge of tbe health board and no fear is felt of communication the disease to other points. At Aspen Junction, CoL, Charles "Whitehead shot Minnie Hill and then blew out his own brains. Miss Hill died instantly. Tbe cause of the tragedy has not yet been learned. Bishcp Leo Haid. of North Carolina, was consecreted at the cathedral in Baltimore, yesterday, by Cardinal Gibbons. Bishop Haid is a Benedictine and a native of Latrobe, Pa. Jamea Kent, twenty-one years of age. was overcome by illuminating gas at the corner of Ninety-fourth street and Second avenue. New YorK, on Saturday, and was taken to the Presbyterian Hospital, where be died yesterday. Four steamships landed 1,506 immigrants at Castle Garden yesterday. The Etrnria, from Liverpool, brought 2G5: tbe C.ty of Richmond, from Liverpool, 612; the Polaria, from Hambnrg, 310; and tbe La Gasccgne, from Havre, 319. Wm. Parkin?, a 'longshoreman. Urine at No. 306 Henry street. New York, took "Hough on Rats, Saturday night, and died yesterday morning. Despondency and poverty were the causes whieh led to the deed. He leaves a widow and one child. A Runaway Cable Car. Chicago. July 1. A grip-ear beyond the con trol of anything mortal, running at the rate ol eight miles an hour thTourh the business por tion of the city at a time when the cars and streets were crowded with people, was an event wbieh enlivened matters in Chieago to-night. Tbe result was three badly wrecked ears, many oadiy frightened women and children, and some serere contusions, but no fatalities. As a Clark-street grip-car came out of tbe tunnol and was passing south, the driver noticed the aelerated speed under which his car was moving. He Attempted to apply the brakes, but without effect, , as a strand of the cable had wound itself around tbe grip and was mo vine the train at a dangerous speed. Just ahead of this was a Wells-street train, ooraposed of a grip and one passenger car, filled with people. The runaway caught the rear car, lifted it bodily from the track and dumped it in a heap in the gutter. With this out of the way the runaway soon caught the grip and began pushing it along at the same phenomenal speed which it had enjoyed itself. Two blocks were covered in this way in less time 0 that it takes to tell it. and then the next curve, at Monroe and Dearborn atreets was reached. Here the first grip was lifted from its trucks, and the wild grip, swinging squarely around, beeame disengaged from the cable strand and ended its career on its side. The loss to the cable company will be about $10,000. Charged with Trying t- Poison Ills Wife. Milwaukee, Jnly L Louis J. Finlay. a furniture-worker, was arrested to-day charged with attempting to poison his wife. The c&e possees many peculiar features. A week seo to-night Mrs. Finlay awoke in the middle of tbe night to find her husband holding a vial to her month. "Take a drink, darling." he said when he saw she was awake. There was a strong odor of chloroform, and her clothing was saturated with it. She went to a neighbor's and at once communicated with her parent at Oshkosh. Wis., from whom she ascertained thst her husband bad written them several days before that she was dangerously ill. Thcoe circumstances, in connection with the fact that she had felt unwell after drinking a cup of eoffee prepared for her by him. led her to cause his arrst to-day. He at first admitted and then denied theebarge. His marriage occurred leas than a year ago, and it is suonosed bo wanted to get rid of his wife to marry another woman. Four yers ago a former wife and her child were burned to death in their dwelling at' Grand Rapids, Mich. "" i Va,thr and Crops. Washington, July 1 Tbe Signal Office reports that the weather during tbe past weec has been favorable for all growing crops in the wheat, corn and tobacco regions of Onio, the upper Miiirpi and Missouri valleys, and Ten n esse. Heavy rains doubtless interfered with harvesting from Missouri eastward to Virginia, and the continuous cloudy weuther over Mississippi. Louisiana and Arkanas is reported at having been nnfarorable o the cotton plant, bat improvement is reported in that seetion during the latter portion of the weea. In North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia ih weather wa fnvoraMe, end ' all crops were doubtless improred during the week. Reports from the interior of the Middle States indicate that tne recent beary rains have ben very benef.cial to growine ennt. The weather fo the seaeon has been unusually unfavorable for hay in New England and for wheat in Kentucky and Tennessee. Steamship News. New York, July 1. Arrived: City of Richmond, from Lirerpoolr La Gacogne, from Havre; Polaria. from Ham burr: France, from London; Scbedm, from Amsterdam. Qcecsstown. July . 1. Arrived: British Prince, from Pnllaaelphia for Liverpool. PiT3octh, Ja'y L Arrived: Rhaetia, from New York for Hamburg. Havre, July 1. Arrived: La Bourgogne, from New York. A rart of the Law. Omaha World. Hsrnacn and Morton will be elected and tbe platform upon which tbey stand will in part remain and in part become the law cf its United Statu.

INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS

The Daily Chronicle V Happenings of Various Kinds in the Two States. Tito 3Ien Killed by a Train, and ft Third Drowned Suicide by MorphineSad Death of a Young Woman Xotes and Gleanings. INDIANA. A Day of Fatalities at Brazil Two Men Killed by Train, and a Third Drowned, gpeeiel to tbe Indianapolis Journal. ' Brazil, July 1. Mike Williams-, agd ibont fifty years, and Allen Campbell, aged about forty, were both run over and instantly killed by No. 6 east-bound through passenger train on the Vandalia, due here at 2:17 a, m. to-day. Campbell was mutilated almost beyond recognition. Williams lost both legs and suffered other injuries. They were killed on a sharp curve near the Leavitt crossing, about a quarter of a mile west of the depot. Both men were addicted to strong drink. They had been drinking in the city till a late hour last eight, and are supposed to have lain down on the track and gone to sleep. Owing to the sharpness of tbe eurre they were not dis covered by the engineer In time to stop the train. An examination of the remains of Will iams revealed a hole in one of his shoulders. which might have been caufd by & bullet. There was no other evidence of foul play, and this did cot seem to warrant a post-mortem examina tion. Campbell was a son of William Campbell, an old and respected citizen, and was unmar ried. Williams was a stone-mason, bat of late did little else than loaf around saloons. At about 9 o'clock this morning, Harvey Rog ers, jr., was drowned while bathing in a pond connected with No. 6 coal mine. He wss about nineteen years old, and a most worthy and promising young man. He was a member of the clau of 16SS in the city high-school, with which he would have been graduated bad he not dropped out some weeks before commence ment. He was bathing with other young men, and is thought to hare been suddenly seized with cramps. His death, with the others, has created a profound sensation throagout the city. Satcide by Morphine. rclal to the Indianapolis Journau Elkhart, July 1. Miss.Lydia Smeltzer a well-known young lady of this city, while suffer ing from a fit of depression last night, took a dose of morphine that caused her death this morning. She was in the ehabit of using tbe drug, and abstinence from it for a time caused the depression and drove her to suicide. Young: Lady Killed by m Train. Special to tbe Indianapolis Journal. Elkhart, Ind., July L Mrs. Susie Call, a well known lady of this city, while walking on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern track, in the western part of the city, this evening, was run oyer and instantly killed. Minor Notes. Geo. Thornburg, a young farmer living seven miles south of Plymouth, committed suicide Saturday morning by shooting himself in the head, causing instant death. He did it in a fit of despondency. Tbe statement in the Journal's Knlghtstown correspondence that John A. Deem was a candidate before the county convention, for prosecutor and received "nothing" was erroneous. Mr. Deem wss not a caudidate, aod his name was not mentioned in the convention. While digg-lng gas trenches in TIptoo, a work man found a large tin can containing $97 in gold and silver coin. Th coins were all dated prior to 1661, and bore evidence of having been buried a long time. No evidence can be ob tained as to the owner of tbe buried money. A postofflce inspector has been at Crawfordsville during the past week, his business being in reference to tbe introduction of the free delivery system at that place. He found that the busi ness done there was above the limit, and he re ported favorably noon tbe matter. The post master's salary bas been increased from $2,100 to $2,300. While Jacob Winters, of East Germantown, Wayne county, was hauling in hay from the field, tbe horses gave a start while he was standing on the load and threw him off. He struck on his head, and is now suffering intensely from concumion of the brain. He is sixty-five years old, and it is thought that the accident will prove fatal. Jonathan Keith, one of the pioneers of Shel by county, died Friday night at bis home, near Baggstown, aged seventy-seven years. The de ceased was born in Lewis county, West Virgin' ia. ia 1811, and came to Shelby county in 1823, settling in the woods of Marion township. He was a member or tne M. iu. Church and a wellknown Mason. He served as lieutenant in the .Mexican war. In Montgomery county the- reminiscences of the Harrison campaign of 1S40 are coming to lifctt by tbe score, lbere are a number of the badges among the older citizens, which are be ing brought to light and exhibited with much pride. Wm. Enoch, of Crawfordsville, cast his hrst vote for . 11. Harrison in 1S35, and says that it is probable that his last vote will be east for Benjamin Harrison. Maj. O. M. Cory ha a nag mai oeiongea 10 r ranKiin townsnip m lOi'J. which bears the inscription of "Harrison and Tyler." He bas also a brass Harrison badge: upon one side is the ship "Locofoco" going up ait iciver 'ana on the otner the bust of Uen. W. IL Harrison ILLINOIS. Gleanings from Exchanges and Callings from Correspondence. At Bement, on Friday,; Joseph Orr. a mar ried man, was arrested on tbe charge of criminal assault, brought by Mrs. llollis. Henry Lenier, a young German, jumped from a Q.. IL & P. baggage car Saturday morning, at Peoria, and was instantly killed. The coroner's jury failed to determine whether the act was suicidal or accidental. Two perfectly pure white birds, which were caught in Galena on Friday have been examined by local ornithologists, woo pronounce them genuine robins. These exceedingly rare speci mens of the feathered.tribe are about two-thrds grown, and were taken from a nest known, to have been built by robins of the ordinary redbreasted variety. Governor Oelesby has appointed two women to the State Board of Edcuation Mrs. Ella S. Young, assistant superintendent of tho city schools of Chicago, to fill the vacancy eaused by tbe death of Hon. B. G. Roots, of Tamarca. and Mrs. 3Iary r . reitshaos. widow of Prof. F. R Feitshans, of Springfield, to succeed Isaac Lesem, of Quincy, resigned. These are the first appointments of women to this board in Illinois. Farmers at work in a field near Long Fork, nve miles from Mount Pulaski, in Logan coun ty, had their attention attracted by the tinkling of a beil. After searching for some time for tbe sourc of the sound they discovered that it proceeded from a small bell tied to th- neck of an American eagle flying over head. Tbe bell was was distinctly seen by means of a field glass. No attempt was made to kill the bird, which disappeared to the northw&ra. The Amende Uoorsble. New York World. Upon the authority cf more than one cam paign hiograptiy. The World has been led to make the statement that Gen. Ben Harrison left the army to aecert the position of Supreme Court Keporter in Indiana. As a matter of fact. it seems that General Harrison entered the army as Captsln of Company A of the Seven tieih Indiana Regiment in July, 1EG2. and was mustered out with his command at the close of the war. He was elected to the civil office re ferred to in 1861. but did not enter upon the diecharee of his duties nntil the close of the war. The array record of General Harrison is first class. The World aims to deal only with facts. It is not always an easy matter to obtain them when tbe demon of politics is abroad in the land. Tlire Live- Lost by Drowning. St. Albans, Vt. July 1. Mrs. Gonyo, seventy years of age, living on the shore near St. Albane bar. took her two rrandchildren. .?! five and eight yesrs, out on the bay in a fiata - - a s a w ooiiomea noil iai nignt. luite a gale was blowing, the boat was capsized, and all three were drowned. The old lady's Y,iuv w fmn - - - 7 WMU4 this morning, but the children's bodies have not yet been recovered. The Old Men Eloquent" Terre Flinte Mill. Colonel Thompson eame from Chleira Tne. day evening, went home and ate his ennree. came nn the street afterward and m . rt ttccch at Dowlkg HalL Ye unit r cica "hat-

had gone through the days of the convention

excitement, aod having nothing of the mental strain under which Colonel Thompson was placed by reason of bis position at tbe head of the Indiana delegation, were fagred out aod un fitted for any further mental or physical effort. The old man eloquent." however, never tires. There is something almost phenomenal in his vitality. In short, he is "touch." And oetter than all. the fire of party enthusiasm shows in his eyes when he talks politics with all the burning intensity or his youth. LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. General Harrison and the Germans. To tbe Editor of tbe Indianapolis Journal Leading German-Republican papers in the country, such as Die Westliche Post, St. Louis; Cincinnati Volksblatt; Freie Presse, Chicaeo, and many others, have already fallen in line and bave cheerfully declared to support the Repub lican ticket Harrison and Morton. Onr German fellow-citizens are no political rope-dancers orfwire-plulers, and the German Republicans are Republicans by principle, cot on market principles, bat on principles of honor and manly character. Very few German-Americans are renegades in politics. Their political faith is to them just as holy as their religious belief. Tne so richly fyerman-settled States as Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, Nebraska. Minnesota and others, which alwsys give a splendid Republican majority, are the best illustration. Not the German element is it, which is at fresent predicting aod sweetly anticipating the oss of the German vote for the Republican tieket? It is the genuine native-born and sourfeeling American-born element; the so-called moth-brigade and the social sediment or resid uum of disappointed and chronio office-seekers, who are to be found in every party, ia every State, county or city. Those native-born pessimists and genuine American grasshoppers are our motly army in peace.and in war our traitors and cowards. But the German element is not to be found amonest them, because the Germans are neither cowards nor poltroons. General Harrison has been a brave, noble and gallant soldier, and why in tbe name of common sense should tne German-American Republican elemeut, tbe German veteran soldiers, go back on their comrade, and why should they be ashamed to vote for hi rot Have tbey "been ashamed of Logan, Grant, Hancock and others? General Harrison has been a brave soldier, a patriotic citizen and an able states man. His moral life and record are spotless, that of a gooi man and Christian. Therefore, the German Republicans and thousands of other Democratic veteran soldiers will vote for him; and don't yon forget it. either, you great prophets in the wild political desert Exbismark. Chicago, June SO. Significant. A FOREIGN ESTIMATE. LOXD02T, June 27. -The Morning Post says: "President Cleveland's conduct in his high oIce bas fully justified those who placed him there. If reelected, be will bold power such as no President has held since the great war." To tbe Editor of the Indianapolis Journal; The above clipping, taken from the Sentinel of tbe 29th Inst., fnrnisbes serious matter for Irish Americans to reflect upon in the great national strugcle upon whieh we are just enterlog. No one acquainted with the history of England, no one conversant with tbe fact that England's prosperity has ever been. In a great measure, founded upon tbe misery of the hapless victims of her rapacious policy, no one who knows her eowardly and treacherous course toward the people of the North during the four years of civil war, will, for a moment believe that the above fulsome notice of President Cleveland, from a leading English paper, is the result of an honest regard either for Americans or American institutions. President Cleveland's pernicious free-trade tendencies, his avowed desire of exposing the manufacturing institutions of our country to the blighting touch of England's pauper labor, is the open setame to this English admiration for the Democratic champion of free trade. It is a significant fact that none of our publio men who have advocated a policy of protection to American industries, none who bave advocated a firm and dignified policy in our international affairr, havci ever found favor with English statesmen. It in equally significant that since &e control "f our national affairs was intrusted tc democratic hands EngUsh .statesmen and the English press have .vieT with each other in subjecting our Democratic taskmasters to the "slobbering" process. . The' Sentinel may consider the estimate by a London paper of Grover Cleveland an accurate . guide tor Irishmen in America, but those who have tasted British vengeance in the old land, and their descendants in America, will record a different verdict by their ballots in November. ' C. O. CSOWLET. Anoebsox, Ind., June 20, 18S8. For Tippecanoe No. 2. To tbe Editor cf the Indianapolis Journal In the nomination of Gen. Ben Harrison I realize my long-entertained and often-expressed wishes. I was a boy when Gen. William Henry Harrison routed the free-trade, pauper-labor Democracy in 1810. Being too young by one year to vote I made up ray quota at the ballot-box by lusty hollering and furnishing pet coons to capture the Democratic roosters. I would grow you fig again if I could enjoy as much fun and drink in as much enthusiasm as I did then. You may look out for the old folks, and such work as has never been done before in Indiana. I had the pleasure of being close to the General at tbe Dayton and some other meetings in 1840. My brother led the Winchester band, which furnished part of the music Through this device we both got to hear the most he said. Some of his words I still remember. You see, I have been for a Harrison man for over forty-eight years. When Gen. Wm. H. Harrison was flghtiug tbe Indians to prepare Indiana for its many happy homes and its marvelous progress in every deportment of thought and enterprise, my uncles were in the service with him. He often called on my grandfather, and two of my aunts called a son Harrison. I need not to be called upon to explain my devotion to "Tipoecanoe" No. 2. The wori of electing General Bee Harrison has begun, not to be abated till we permit him to leave us for awhile to occupy the white House. Then we ean say "Good-bye Ben, for awhile; take care of yourself." J. w. u. Lsdiaapolis, June 29, 1883. Genera! Harrison's Character. Indianapolis fun 'Ind.) If Democratic papers hope to defeat General Harrison on the ground that he has no personal magnetiem, they will be disappointed. Perhaps General Harrison is not a magnetic, hale-fellow-well-met; perhaps he does not get out with the boys and guzzle wine; perhaps he does not wear his hat on his right eyebrow and expectorate over his left shoulder; but does it follow that he is not a fit man for the presidency as a consequence? No, indeed, it does not There are good, live issues for discussion in this campaign, and the voters desire their full elucidation. They desire to know the full import of the platforms adopted at St Louis and Chicago. Tbey desire to know whether he Democaatic candidate is an exponent of the principles laid down at St Louis, and thev demand the same information in regard to the Republican candidate and the Chicago platform. If such papers as tha Plain Dealer cannot discuss these more important and vital questions they should say nothing. Slurs relative to General Harrison's manners and disposition will sot be tolerated. They are not wanted now, and they will only affect the canvas by giving the abused candida.d more votes on election day. If the Democratic party, throuzh its organs, can advance no other argument against the Republican candidate than that he lacks magnetism, then its cae is hopeless and it will meet with just defeat in November. Personally General Harrison is a man of strcn? parts, respected and even beloved by hi neighbors and townspeople, regardless of party lines. He is honest and straightforward. He ha the courage of his own convictions. He is not cold and distant, but on the contrary is genial ard more than ordicarily cordial in bis greetings to all persons, friend and stranger. Papers who inform the public to ithe contrary deliberately falsifr. aod seek to throw dust in the eyes of the voters. If Ceueral Harrison is defeated it mnst be accomplished by demonstrating that bis public record, and the platform upon wbieh he stands as a candidate, are at vsriance with the be-t interests of the peole io general, and the. workingmen especially. L'hese are the points at issue, and if the Demo cratic press is afraid to make the fight on this basis, tben its tarty snouia meet oieat Attacks upon General Harrison's peculiarities of manner and his private life will avail thee journals nothing, but, on the contrary, will recoil upon them. Few men appear so prominently before tbe public who enjoy such a blameless and snotless domestic existence as does General Ben Harrison. Tribute from the Enetny. Tetre Pente Arrod'em. ) The Republicans have nominated Ben Harrison for the presidency. Mr. Harrison is a Republican, but a more honorable, manly, hifhminded gentleman does not live than Bca Harriioa. .

HARRISON'S SOCIAL QUALITIES.

He His Them in Abundance, bat Duty arid Business Alwajs Take Precedence. fpeclal to the Indlananolls Journal. Washington. July L Oue seldom hears in Washlngton'the assertion that General Harrison is unsociable or formal with his friends. When he first came to the Senate, in ISSi, the newspapers with unerring inaccuracy announced that he was hard to approach, and that he would be a companion for Senators Sherman and Edmunds, whom they claimed to be cold-blooded. General Harrison is well known in Washington among publio men, and not one who has ever met him in his individual capacity will say that he bas any traits of unsociability. I was talking tbe other day to a Senator who served three or four years on a committee with General Harrison, and he said: 'Why, if I had not seen in the newspapers statements to the effect that General Harrison was hard to approach I never would have suspected tneh a thing. He is methodical and retiring in bis disposition. He never pushes himself forward in public matters and never goes out of his way to make professions of friendship. That is why a very few people who haye met him refer to him as being hard to approach. When you are introduced to General Harrison he never thinks of taking you by the arm and patting you on the back and telling you that ho is nearly tickled to death to meet you, and before he knows what you want exclaim that he wants to do something for you; and he never indulges in promises until he knows what he ean do. If you will study theee traits of character you will see that they are those which grow on a man, and which make a higher rank of manhood than we find in the effervescent character. During his career in the Senate," continued the Senator, "General Harrison always took lunch about half past 1 o'clock, and he never failed to go down to his committeeroom and smoke after eating. It was then that he ran over the colums of the New York and Philadelphia newspapers and indulged in sociabilities. He nsed to often meet me about the Senate restaurant at laneh time and ask me to eat with him and then invite me around to his committee-room, where we sat and smoked and recited reminiseenees of the war and the practice of the law. It was on such occasions as these that he nsed to stretch himself and say that he was glad to get an opportunity to discharge his mind of senatorial and other duties; that he never felt like giving up his time to social conversation nntil alter he had done all of his work. I was a member of the committee on Territories for a time during the period General Harrison was the chairman, and I don't believe any committee in Congress was more thoroughly congenial. We used to have tbe most sociable sessions possible. General Harrison always kept a drawer full of cigars about his cabinet, and he nsed to open it frequently and invite the members to enjoy a social season with him. At such times we dismissed our work, put our heels upon the backs of chairs, and amid tbe clouds of emoko related anecdotes and told stories. General Harrison was proverbial for the steadfastness of his friendship. When he came to have confidence in a man be would trust him to the furthest extreme. When a member of his committee made statements of fact in drawing up reports on bills. General Harrison, as chairman of tho committee, never questioned anything. It was enough for him to have confidence in the member, and his wide range of knowledge, and his keen perspicacity enabled him to instantly detect the right from tbe wrong, aod separate exaggeration from fact Some of the tersest and most convincing briefs I have ever seen written were prepared by him on bills from the committees on Territories and military affairs. His knowledge on matters military was so thorough and his ideas of justice go perfect that whatever he did as a member of General Logan's committee was never questioned, but heartily indorsed. "I remember one day, a short time before Senator Harrison' term expired, that he gave a lunch in hia committee-room. He invited the members of the committee and their wives and a few of his personal friends on the outside. Mrs. Harrison was there, and 1 tell yon, the General and his wife acquitted themselves in a manner which completely captivated every one present There was that finesse in the courtesy extended that brought out the admiration of alL They are a handsome, brainy and graceful pair. They are so thoroughly in love with each other and s thoroughly in sympathy that tbey bave come to look considerably alike. They are both Jc$nei to be stout, and have many traits of character that are remarkably similar. Tbe Wnite House would be presided over in an admirable manner by General Harrison and bis lovely wife. Mrs. Harrison captivated my wife and all the Senatorial lsdies who met her. The General and his wife lived in an unpretentious sty Is. They did not go into the swim of society like many people in publio life, because, I presume, their inclinations, in the first place, did not lead them in that direction, and secondly, because they were financially not able to entertain like the millionaires about them. They are seneitivo, and I fancy they did not desire to accept so many courtesies from their acquaintance's without extending something in return, and that a sense of respectability and propriety dictated to them the course they pursued." Another Senator who served on the committee witn General Harrison, and who sat within two or three seats of him on the floor of the Senate chamber, in discussing the general characteristics of the Republican candidate, eaid: 'In some newspaper I have seen a paragraph I believe it was the Boston Herald stating that although General Harrison is an able lawyer and an eloquent speaker he did not come up to the expectations of his friends as a debater on the floor of the Senate; that be seldom indulged in the exciting debates, and yet wh en he left the Senate his departure was felt by his colleagues. I think if you rnn over the Congressional Record you will fino that there is not a Senator who bas contributed more strengtn to bis party in what te has said than General Harrison. It is true that he didn't often get up and weary his colleagues, but I have often heard him say why be hesitated to talk so much as soma other men. He especially abbors a bore, and he used to tarn around to me when some Senator was killing time and observe that he was amazed to see a man stand up and consume an afternoon in the Senate without making any impression upon his hearers. He is a powerful condenser in speaking, and can sty as much in ten minutes as nine-tenths of theS&nators will say in an hour. His idea of a strong speech is to throw out the leading point at the very opening of his remarks. This is intended to attract attention and to carry his hearers with him. It also gives him the option on time. If, after he has made his telling points, ha concludes that it is better to stop he can do so without impairing his epeecH. There !s no circumlocution in his style vt oratory. Instead of going round a circle and beating a path like one of bis colleagues did recently when Senator Ingalls got after him, he goes rii:ht straight across tbe field and makes his point as quickly as possible. He is a capital story-teller, yet he very seldom indulges in anything of that kind in his speeches. He is logical, and believes that bis place is among men who take a more serious aspect of life than is common. As a Senator he always left the funny business to the f anny men. There is method io every action of General Harrison. He prepares all of bis work with the careful precision of a well-trained lawyer. He never begins a thing until he is ready for it You may be sure of one thing; that when he goes out to fight he will not make a display of his ammunition wagons. He will keep them in tne background while tbe cannon are pouring their grape and canister in front. His reserve forces will bo kpt out of sight There is nothing sensational about him. and I anticipate that there will be no band-wagon business in his campaign. He will appeal to reason, and will proceed on tbe theory that the masses can see beyond tbe procession, and that tbey will analyze the situation and will not have dust thrown in their eye. You may be sure of another thing; General Harrison will meet every possible charge, imaginary and true, that' can be brought against him, and he will meet it promptly, equarely and fairly. There ia nothing of evasion about him. lie is a bold fighter. I remember that when he called up his bill to divide Dakota And make a State of the southern half of the Territory, he announced to Ji'u Democratic colleagues on bis rommittr that he wanted them to be thoroughly reAdy for the fight which would ensue. He even went so far as to tell General Butler, of South Carolina, ant other Democratic members cf the committee, some ct the points he intended to make in hie speech, and gave them some of his statistics. He wanted to give tbem a good opportunity to meet his presentations. Tne speech General HarrUon rnd on tbe floor was one of the strongest ever delivered oo the question of statehood for Territories, and if you will look into the Congressional Record and read the dialogue that was almost constantly taking place between the Indianian and South Carolinian you will see that u was a keen fight between two well-equipped warriors. General Harrison," tiid the fceaator, la conclusion, ''had en ar

rangement in his oommitte-room and about his des on the floor of the chamber which indicated that he was a student of the first water. I have often noticed that the newspaper clippings he preserved, and the leaflets and committee reports, always bore noon strong points in law and had connection with the highest order of principles something that he couid nse to advantage in his work. He never tried to load his memory with the stuff whieh floats around among men who throw away their time and keep their minds swimming io the riffraff of tne dy. I used to often go overdo his desk and ask him where I coald get information on subjects in preparing reports or making speeches, and he was one of tbe best-informed men thst I ever met. He could instantly tell voe the book and page where I conld find the information 1 wanted; he would call tbe committee report where the precedent was established, and be could give me the briefest aod oest analysis of a constitutional point that I eoold find anywhere about the Senate. He grasped an idea with both hands, as it were, and he nevei had any trouble to explain it in a simple way. It showed that he waa the strong man who was used to makic? mental diagrams and explaining tbem to people dealing in simplicity. In private conversations he always gave time and attention, and never insisted upon forcing his opinions or talking to the exclusion of others. I have great anxiety to see nis letter of acceptance. It will be a marveloosly strong document He can write an inaugural address that will fill the hearts of the American people with patriotism and enthusiasm. Talk about your Jeffersonian simplicity at the White House; I venture the assertion that General Harrison will set an example that subsequent Presidents will be compelled to follow on account of its universal popularity." J. S. H. A MILLIOX-DOLLIR CLOAK.

The Red an d Yellow lloyal Mantle or the lCamhameh Dynasty: Washington star. I don't care; I wouldn't wear it!" "But see what it cost Yon don't mean to say you wouldn't wear a cloak that cost 1, 000,000 P said the stout mao, in a satirical tone that indicated that the woman he addressed was his wife. The pair had stopped before the royal feather cloak from the Sandwich Islands, that is spread out fan-shaped in a cane in the National Museum. This cloak is computed to have cost in labor $1,000,000. The native name for it is mams. In the days when a Hawaiian beau or belle wanted little clothing bat wanted that gorgeously colored, this cloak or mantle would bave been considered Of more valne. Aesthetically and intrinsically, than a shipload of Worth costumes, and i's happy possessor might truly be said to be in high feather. Since the natives have adopted wide trousers, lawn-tennis shirts, and fonr-in-band ties, its valne lies chiefly in the traditions that surround it The mantle, which is semi-circular, is 4 feet long or deep. 11$ feet wide at the bottom and 23 inches at the top where it goes around the neck. The entire outer surface is made of feathers of fine texture, giviog the whole the appearance of plush. The prevailing colors are red and yellow or orange. The body is decorated with large figures, crescent shaped, of either red or yellow feathers. The upper and lateral borders are corded and decorated with alternate tufts of red. black and yellow feathers. A legend on a label states that this feather cloak formerly belonged to Kehuarkalani, one of the highest chiefs of the Sandwich Islands After the abolition of idolatry, in 1819, that chief rebelled against the reigning king and attempted to re-establiih the ancient religions. A sanguinary battle was fought and Kehuarkalani was slain, and this cloalc, which he then had on, fell into the hande of the conquerors, and thus became the property of King Kamehameha, by whom it was presented to Capt J. H. Aulick, United States navy, in 1S1L The cloak Is now the property of Captain Aulick'a grandson, Richmond Ogston Aulick, who bas deposited it in the National Museum. The great value of the cloak is dno to tbe long time required to secure tbe feathers that compose it and to manufacture tbe cloak. The foundation is a net-work of olona, or native hemp, and to it are attached, by tine thread of the same material, the feathers of birds found only in the Hawaiian Island, and very rare. Recent writers have declared that the bird is now extinct The feathers are woven in so as to lap each other and lie flat forming a smooth, plush-lige surface. The inner surface is without lining and shows the olona net work and the quill ends of tbe feathers. Tho cord of the upper margin is prolonged so as to serve as a fastening at the throat. The yellow feathers are obtained from the oo-nor-ho, and, as stated, are of great value, as the bird is rare, very shy and difficult to caDture, and it baa but a very small tuft of these feathers upon each shoulder. The black feath-rs are from the head and back of the same bird its general plumage being a glossy black. The oo is caught alive by means of bird-lime; the yellow feathers are then plucked and tho bird released. The red feathers are from the body and neck of th drepanis coceinea, the most abundant bird of the Sandwich Islands. a The Hawaiian Spectator, a newspaper published in 1839, refers to this, or a similar mantle, as follows. "Kawkeanli has the mams, or feather war cloak of his father, Ta-Meha-Meha. It was not complete until his reign, having occupied eitfht preceding ones in its fabrication. A piece of nankeen, valued at $1.50, was formerly tbe price of five of the yellow feathers. By this estimate the value of the cloak would equal that of the purest diamonds in several of the European rezalia, and. including the price of the feathers, not less than $1,000,000 worth of labor wa3 expended on it at the present rate of coo puting wages." A bunch of the yellow feathers, called bulti was received by the King from bis subjects in payment of a poll-tax, and it required many years to collect the material and manufacture one of these mantles. Until recent years these mantles were the royal robes of state, and considered the principal treasures of tbe crown, but European clothing has entirely superseded tbem, and they are not now manufactured. A beautiful head-dress for women, called leis, was made of these feathers. Another authority states that two yellow feathers only are obtained from each oo, and these are found under tbe wings. When the much-prized feathers are plucked the bird is eet at liberty. The price of the feathers, according; to this authority, was $1.50 for three, and the time occupied in making the cloak was estimated from 50 to 100 years. There are other feather cloaks like this one In existence, and there appears to be some confusion as to their original ownership. One like that in the National Museum was exhibited by Lady Brassey at the International Fisheries Ex hibition in London, in J8S3. It was, it was stated, presented by Queen Pomare, of the Sandwich Islands, to Cant Thompson, for the protection extended to her against the French in 1843. This cloak appeared to be newer than the one in the museum, an4 hence of less value historically. It was so. high priced, however, that it was insured for 100,000. A writer in tbe New York Home Journal described recently a cloak she saw while visiting Honolulu, during the reign of Kamehameha. This, from her description, was like tbe one presented to Commodore Aulick, and now in the museum. She spoke of it as the war cloak of the (Kamehamehas, the object of a nation's veneration, and the only one like it ever made. This robe, the writer raid was worn by Kalakaua when he was crowned, and he was the ninth iing who had been so adorned. Some Good ISepublican Paragraphs. St. Louis Gtobe-Dmfcrat. There has been more enthusiasm manifested over the nomination of Harrison in Indianapolis alone than has come to pass in the whole country over the renomination of Cleveland. General Harrison was a faithful soldier, and never refused to obey orders but oncOm all bis military career. That was when be was directed to surrender a fugitive slave who was in his camp in Kentucky, and he wrote across the message; 'I decline to obey this order." "Our poliey should be small farms worked by the men who own them," said General Harrison in the Senate in 1SSC In other words, he believes tb&t aliens should not be allowed to acquire large tracts of American territory, but that the public lands should be carefully reserved for the use of American homesteaders The charge that General Harrison is a cold and unsympathetic man can be sufficiently answered by citing the fact that at the battle of Peach Tree Creek he stripped the shirt from his shoulders and tore it into bandages for his wouaded sol iiers the class of men whcra Mr. Cleveland ridicules and denounces in his pension vetoes. Quite Confluent. C hicago Journal. The newspapers are slreadj guessing at the Cabinet of President Harrison. Even Democratic newspapers are indulging in the recreation of making Blaine his Secretary of State, Sherman his Secretary of the Treasury, etc They appear to be quite confident of his election. One by One. Troy iN. T.) Time Hon. Georg W. Smith, the only Democrat who has been able to cet to the assembly from Herkimer county, refua-a to support Cleveland. Harrison, Morton and protection are good enough for hiai this year. Patriek Coffee, a worthless drnndard. shot Mies Agnes Smith, last evening, in Jersey City, aod then turned his pistol upon himelf. Both will die. Coffee, who has a wife aod grown-up children, was infatuated with ILizt Smith.

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Their Early LUe in KvansTllle, Whey They Managed an Academy rsnivilleSre:iaL Your correspondent to-day had an interesting Interview with an old resident of Evansville concerning the early residence in this city of tha four sisters of Hon. Lvi P. Morton, the Republican vice-presidential candidate. The lady ia question was a pupil in tbe school of Myron W. haflord, who was tne husband of the eldest of the Morton si.ters. There were four of tbem. Mrs. Safford and tbe Misses Electra, Mary and Martha. The lsst two were twins. All of them were educated in New England, and were fairtvpesof a class known in the West and South forty years azo as "Yankee school roar ro a.".. All were fine women, possessed of some of tbe higher accomplishments in addition to their practical New England education. Said your correspondent's informant 4 The school was started about 1S19 or 1S50, and was advertised as a male academy and female seminary, with M. W. Safford as principal, and his nephew, William Safford, and the three Misses Morton as acsistsnt. As this was before the inauguration of our free school system the academy and seminary were) quite well patronized for several years. The building occupied was a two-story frame which stod on tbe ground now eeopied by tbe Evansville Courier building. Among those still living who were pupils of the academy and seminary are the Hon. John W. Foster, late minister to Mexico, Srain and Russia, and Mrs. John M. Harlan, tbe wife of Associatejustice Harlan, ot the Supreme Court of the united States, both now residents in Washington, and Mrs. Samuel Bayard, Mr. Ella Wymond and Messrs. James L. Orr. De Witt Lanphear, Wm. B Sherwood, Alexander H. and James XL Foster, Peter Vierliog and John G. and Gorge W. Shankiin, of the Courier. Levi P. Morton was then jut beginning life as a banker' clerk in New York. He had learned the shoemaker's trade in Vermont, and I understand there is in existence a shingle upon which is inscribed in bold letters the legend: 'Boots and Shoes Made and Repaired by Levi P. Morton.' He visited his sisters once and perhaps cf rener while tbey resided here, and they used to speak affectionately and with a good deal ef pride of brother Levi.1 About the tim of their departure from Evansville Miss Martha, one of the twins, met a minister, a Baptist I think, who fell in love with hr. When he proposed marriage she told him frankly that ehe did not believe she was adapted to the life of a minister's wife, but that she had a twin sister who was so much like herself in appearance that their own re'ative could hardly ell them apart, bnt who was wholly different in disposition, and who would be exactly the woman for him. Subsequently the minister. whoe name was Hartpence, if I remember correctly, met Miss Mary and courted her. They were married and settled in Tennessee, where they were etill living some years aeo, and may be Itving yet "Miss Martha returned to the Ekt and was married to Moses Grinnell, one of the millionaire bankers of New York, who was afterwards associated with Morton in tbe banking business. She is still living to adorn tbe immense fortune of her husband. But tbe establishment of onr free schools was a serious blow to the male academy and female seminary and after a year or two of decreasing patronage, Mr. Safford removed to Unioa county, Kentucky, where he remained for a year or two and then went South and settled in Georgia, where he opened a school with his wife and daughter. Miss Laura, as his assistant. To is was before the breaking out of the war, early in the sixties. Mr. Safford turned op in Evansville arain as a traveling agent for a ebeap sewing-machine. He was very poor at this time, and finally returned to Union county, Kentucky, where he died. His widow and daughter then removed to Philadelphia, where tbey bad friends. 'From a rather awkward girl Miss Laura bad developed in tte meantime into a woman of extraordinary beauty. A rich young man of Philadelphia courted her, and pending the engagement he died bequeathing to her his entire fortune on hia death-bed. She assumed a widow's weeds for him, bnt through his death the fortunes of the surviving Saflords were changed from poverty to affluence. Whether or cot Miss Laura ever married I do not know, but ten or twelve years ago she and her mother were living luxuriously in Philadelphia, spending their summers at the fashionable wateringplaces of the East" VMBWWMMHSSBBSSWMHMMMHHaBSS Ills Royal Tale Didn't Save Him. Philadelphia North American "This is King George, your nonor," was the form uso in the introduction of twelve-year-old George Finley to Judge Eisenbrown yesterday at the Seventeenth district stationhouse. -King of whatf "The White Diamonds." Who are theyr "A gang of young chicken thieves." "This lays over the deck. I wonder what well have next Where's your gang, George!" 'D'ye s'pose Tm goin ter peachl Yer don't know who I am, I guess." "Come, now, you can't play it on tis, young man, if you are a king. Out with it now, or it will go bard with you." Hard or soft, it's all the same to me. Yer can't git nothtn if yer talks all day. Them's the words." 'You'll go to the House of Refuge, and your gang'll follow as fast as we catch 'em, too. I hope they'll take some cf the nonsense out of you, too." Tbe king took his firet lessons in morals a few hours later at Twenty-third and Parrish. Be a nrrison's Brother. Nashville American. Very tew people doubtless are aware that Senator Benjamin Harrison, who was nominated Monday for President by the Republicans, bas a brother living in Tennessee. Bat such is the case. His name is Carter B. Harrison, and be is a farmer near MurfreesOoro, Rutherford county. He was r.djatant of Stanley Matthew's regiment which came to Nashville on tbe first gunboat during the war. After the civil strpgle he married Mrs. Lytle, of Mnrfreesboro, vd has since resided in Rutherford county. He is a Republican, but has not taken a prominent part in politics. He was for awhile an aspirant for the internal revenue collectorship, but withdrew in favor of A. M. Hughes, jr., who received the appointment Fire at Brainerd, Mtno. Brainebd. Minn., July L Fire late lsst night destroyed tbe best part of two blocks in the heart of the city. It started in the Bacon planing milL Among the buildings destroyed are Kepler's ssloon. the Lumberman's Exchange Hotl, Sand berg's jewelry store, McLain's saloon. Gray's livery stable, and others twentyfive in alL A fierce wind blew from the start, and the water-works trouble of high water in tbe rtver. at times entirely cut off tbe pressure. The loss will exceed $50,000; partially insured. r m fiot on Decoration Day. Pittsburg Chronicle. The Piscatorius Club, of Hartford. Conn., is authority for the assertion tnat Benjamin Harrison, of Indiana, is a c ever and enthusiastic fisherman. But he docin't fish on Decoration day. Old Men Rejuvenated. Terre flaute Argo. In the procession, Monday night, an old gentleman eighty-seven years old, who voted for Ben Harrison's grandfather, marched with Captala Bryan. Philadelphia Press: Tho country at present offers no spectacle quite so grim and melancholy as that of a protection Democrat who is trving to convince himself that the St Louis platform is not a free-trade document swawsMwMmnjsMneBHMssM mm. mmm Absolutely Pure. This povder never varies. marvel rf rarity, strength and whelescmeness. More economical than theordtnary ktn-s. an 1 cannot te sold In com petition with the multitude a low.test. sbort-weig bt alum or rh.-rO..tfc (OH.lrr foil aolr lu cans KOkALt JjAKISG PO WDESUVi IK WaUitrMt,&,E

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