Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 33, Number 10, Jasper, Dubois County, 21 November 1890 — Page 2

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INDIAXA.

Count Mauhick Kmtkkmaxv, formerly Austrian Minister tethe Vatican, died iw Vienna on the 11th.

A kill now before the Federal Counol f Germany provides for the gradual reduction of the beet sugar tax. Smunhi.kvo in opium has vastly inereased sine the addition to the duty by the passage of the sew Tariff law. J. K. Struthkhs was fatally stricken with apoplexy on ike floor of the New York Stock Exchange, on the lth. and business was suspended temporarily. Tmk thermometer registered ten degrees above aero at St. Paul. Minn., on the morning of the 18th. It was the coldest day for the time of year in nineteen years.

Ahvicbs from Sou;h Afrioa state that the llrltlsh Government will not he content with a mere protectorate over Vitu. hut will establish a permanent settlement there.

Pkkmikr Stamhuwkf, is about to proofed on a tour of Europe for the purpose of endeavoring to persuade each of the Powers to legalise the position ef Prince Ferdinand as ruler of Bulgaria.

NMONAL AND OINERA4KicroKTs from Honduras, on ike lih, indkmted that a revolution had broken out and that Tegucigalpa was in a state of siege. President ilogran was surrounded by insurgents and in every

way the situation looked exceedingly or i ties 1. Isaac Bi.vxomk, one of the noted men in the early days ef San Franeiseo. and who is reputed to have been the famous "ST who. as secretary of the vigilance eemmlHee in UttS. did so mueh toward ridding the elty of desperadoes, dld 'n Sua Franeiseo, on the tk, aged sixty-

five years.

Aovicks from Santiago de Cube say that the famous bandit, Yelaseuex, has been killed by government troops and that bis whole band, numbering thirtyfour men, with their arms and ammunition, have surrendered to the authori

ties. Ox 'the Idth Coventor Campbell of

Ohio was reported seriously ill, being in a high fever and threatened with typhoid pneumonia. Ai.kxanukk Hkxtkk. senior member of the lirin of Hexter & Bros., clothing

manuiaeturers, oi I'hlladelphia, was

CAPTAtx Wilmam P. Mali, a Mrs.

Tbereee Steward, daughter of Senator Mackbstru. ef Keaiuoky. were married In Wakiftm on the ltth. At a meeting of the board of managers of the Adams Express Company In New York City, en the lath, a resolution was adopted making the regulations of the Post-Ottos Department in regard to the enforcement of the AntiLottery law applicable to its employes. Thk Treasury Department has decided that H caught in fresh water can be imported into the United States fre of duty, provided the nets and boats used in the eaten are owned by eltiaens of the United State.

Aiuutaxt-CIkxkkai, Kki.to.v. whohas been very ill for some time east, has so far improred in condition as to be able

to be about, and hopes to resume the duties of his office in a few weeks. Pnor. Koch, the eminent German physician, will found a hospital for the treatment of consumption by his method. The building will he located in Merlin and will contain one hundred beds. In a row at Ann Arbor between Company A. First Keglment Michigan State troops, who had turned out, on the evening of the lath, to serenade a member just married, and a party of students, in which the soldiers used their guns and the students plied rocks and

clubs one of the latter was so badly In-

dl'ATJS INTELLIGENCE.

Pmomixkxt Hanker. W. Archer, ef

Rvansvllle, is dead.

Xkak rort Wayne Miss Ida Snyder was shot and killed by Albert tihurt, a

a discarded suitor, who then eomniitied suicide. A. II. Kex mam's grocery at Wabash was robbed the other night of a lo of goods and INO In money. UociiKHs Mowed open Saleonlst John (table's safe, at Columbus, but their own voices scared them away. Hn.vzy. counoilmen, at a secret session, deposed Mayor llarr for inebriety,

FicKitiXAXn Xirxicu better known as Uncle Charley, one ef itrsail's most highly respected uitisoHS, was found dead in his chair at seven o'clock the other morning, a victim of apoplexy of the brain, lie was sixty-three years of age. Jamks FkkuTso.v, of Dundee, "held up" John Gavin on the streets of Kimwood a few nights ago and relieved him of 950. Ferguson was arrested and lodged in jail to await the action of the circuit court. So smokt is the potato crop in Northern Indiana that large quantities of the vegetables, are being shipped in from Canada. Potatoes can be purchased in

Hie Dominion at such a figure that the

completely eeeapitated by being caught jured that he died of bis wounds, and dutv ami freight mav be paid and vet

Thk shoe manufacturers at Erfut, Germany, have declared a lockout in oensequenee of a dispute arising from the dismissal of a workman. Three thousand men are thrown out of employment A xri'ort liecame current, on the 13th, that Jay Gould had secured a oontroUng interest in the Union Pacific; whleta Russell Sage says is just what is wanted to straighten out the railroad situation.

By the wrecking of Her Majesty's ship Serpent en the rooks twenty miles north of Cape Finisterre, on the night ef the 10th, two hundred and fortyseven men were drowned. Only three men eseaped. Xkws of,an uprising in Honduras was confirmed on the 11th. Order and complate peace prevailed in the rest of the Central American States, all assuming neutral position In the matter, which Is looked upon as unimportant and purely localSixck the passage of the McKinley Mil the authorities at Victoria. B. C, nave imposed a license of 960 upon American commercial travelers. This is only good until January 1. after -which every foreign salesman must pay a fee of SIM.

Thk duel between MM. Deroulede and Laqsegre, as the result ef their reseat quarrel in the lobby ef the French Chamber of" Deputies, was fought near Meneonu on "the 18th. Four shots were exchanged without Injury te either of the combatants.

Thk health of Mr. Balfeur, Chief Secretary for Ireland, is so impaired that the tour of inspection of the distressed localities of Ireland will net be resumed at present. I In will proceed at once to the West of England, where he will devote bimself to recuperation. TitK sheriff of New York has been obliged to return the executions on three judgments, aggregating over 9W,OW, entered against the Duchess of Marlborough for money borrowed in England, unsatisfied, being unable to And any property to levy on. W. I1ai.twi.v was fined $M In the District Court of New Bedford, Mass., on the 10th, for violation of the Australian Ballot law in having an official ballot outside the polling place at the last election. He appealed, and was held in bond for the Superior Court This Ik the first ease of the kind under the law.

Skkiovs election troubles are reported from the city of Itosario. in the Argentine Republic, where party feeling ran so high that frequent fights occurred between the supporters ef the various candidates. The troops were called out and order was eventually restored, bt not until several persons had been killed and many wounded. Thk Archbishop of Canterbury, Cardinal Manning, four dukes and many peers, commoners and college professor, have signed a memorial to the lord mayor of London, asking him to convene a meeting at the Mansion House to discuss the subject of the persecution of the Jews in Russia. The lord mayor has accordingly called such a meeting for November 24.

31k. Stanley will at once prosecute Mr. Ilarttelot, the brother of the late Major Ilarttelot, and others for the publication of libels in connection with the conduct of the rear column of his late African expedlton and Mr. Stanley's relation thereto. Sir Charles Russell and Mr. George Lewis, a distinguished legal practitioner of London, have been retained by Mr. Stanley.

Mkrtixos were held throughout Belgium, on the 9th, in support ef the eight-hour day and universal suffrage. Many of the speakers advocated the establishment of a republic, A large amount of money was collected in view of a general strike. Handbills were thrown over the walls of the barracks in Brussels enjoining the soldiers to co-operate with the workingmen.

between the elevator and ceiling in his

place of business on the 10th. A STitAXciKK. giving the name of William Fontaine, is under arrest at Birmingham, Ala., for swindling 1,999 school children out of ten cents each, collected as admission fees to a bogus show. When the children refused to leave the hall Fontaine raised a cry of fire, and in the panic which ensued many of his little victims were trampled

under foot and severely injured. A woman accompanying the swindler was also arrested. Gkxkkai. Hkxkt W. Sr.ocfM, Henry O. Havemeyer and S. Y. White have been appointed receivers of the Sugar Trust Their bonds are for 9599,900 each with two sureties. A fkkkyhoat, overloaded with men, wagons and horses, capsized while crossing the river near Britltz, Hungary, en the 11th, and fifty-five peasants were

drowned. John C. Bhosi. who is held at Sandwich, Ont, charged with forgery committed in Pittsburgh, Pa., is to be extradited. Tiikrk is imminent danger of a treat

grain blockade in the Red River valley. The railroads are carrying 959 ear-loads daily, but it is feared they will prove unequal to the movement of the wheat crop of 8J5, 990, 999 bushels awaiting shipment in the twelve counties of the valley. Attokxky-Gkxekai. Miller decides, in effect that the Anti-Lottery law does not apply to newspaper guessing contests or other offers of prizes or premiums made in good faith, and not dependant en lot or chance, the intent of the law being to prevent, as far as may be dene by general enactment, the nee of the mails by certain well-known rind wide-spread agencies of evil. Coloxkl P. C Dawsox, of Greenville, Ala., was fatally shot a the conelusion of a race on the Columbus (Ga.) Fair Grounds, on the 11th. in the presence of an Immense throng, by IL M. Howard and Richard Howard, of Columhus.and James Bickerstaff, of Seal. Ala. Dawson was the husband of a sister of the Howards, and family troubles are said to have led to the tragedy. A si'KCiAL train with passengers from the steamer Xorham Castle, just arrived from the Capo of Good Hope, collided with a freight train on the Great Western railway in England, on the 11th. while running at the rate of Attt miles an hour. Ten persons were killed

and eight injured, most of the former being burned up in the wreck. A xpmhkk of letter-carriers in New

York City have been discovered violating the postal regulations in relation to the delivery of mail matter to known swindlers, the particular cases involved being "green goods" men, in whose pay the offending carriers were found to be. St?rBiXTKXir,XT Poktkk of the Censws Bureau says that as soon as Congress meets in December the necessary figures, in the most convenient form, will lie provided on which to base the new apportionment of Representatives. Cit.vtt.KS M. WmrxKY, Frank M. Larcbtr and Edwin S. Lurcher, the three members of the Xew York brokerage firm oi C. M. Whitney & Co., which assigned, on the 10th, have filed separate assignments to George II. Quintard, who is also assignee of the firm.

Kvgi.ami is about to secure a surrender by France of her claim to any part of the Newfoundland coast by the oessionof one of her colonies in West

Airica, potstuiy uatnbia.

GkoMok . Maktix, a Brooklyn car

penter, confined in jail on a charge of

grana larceny, stabbed himself to the heart with a nen-knife, on the lath, and

ieu aeau in his cell. rts. at . .

ihk Aiauama legislature met at

.Montgomery, on the 12th, and effected

a temporary organization. Thk final liabilities of the defunat

Sociele des Mettaux. of Paris, are esti

mated at 111,990,990 franc, anl its assets at 98,909,909 francs. Tub remains of the late General George Crook arrived in Washington, on the 12th, from Oakland. Md., and with military honors, were laid at rest at Arlington. Near the last resting place of General Belknap, not far from the auditorium, the fallen leaves had been brushed away and a grave dug. Here the remains of the hero were laid away. Then there was a velley fired and taps called.

one or two others are likely to share a similar fate. Several of the soldiers

were hurt by stones thrown by the students.

Thk condition of Dr. Windthorst, the leader of the Catholic party in the German Reichstag, is such as to create some uneasiness among his friends and followers. He suffers from heart

leave a fair marrin of profit for local

dealers. Canadian tulwrs, it is said, are laid down in Wabash for sixty cents per bushel. Johx F. McHt'oir, Democratic candidate for State Senator, has filed preps ra-

j tory papers for contest of Hon. .lob Osi bora's election, at La Fayette. The

latter had a plurality of M votes. Me

THK OLD B0MAN.

Hon. AHott ChTritumwm

At CtdumtHM, O., tw VMrMtlM mt Mm

ttentjr-KvMtM Htrtttthty AHHlvermryA Xh(M OttfcHermff ttf I'rHKtlHOHt ItaMtlMfMU.

Coi.UMXi's, 0., Nov. l-l. Ex-Senator Allen G. Thurnianlast night announced

his absolute and unequivocal with

drawal from public Ufa. The occasion

elected by the venerable statesman for

this declaration was the banquet tendered to him by the political club which bears his name in honor of the seventyseventh anniversary of his birth. It

was towards the close of an address, de

livered at times with considerable difficulty, and in a voice that could be heard but few yards distant, that suddenly gathering up his strength and

trouble, and his physicians insist upon I Hugh claims So votos csst for hiin

from active particina-

duUes, and taking ab-

his withdrawal

tion in political solute rest

Dktkctivk Watkixs arrived at Fargo, N. D.. on the 1.1th, with J. Newberry, one of the New Salem (N. D.) train robbers, wHom he had tracked over 11,000 miles and finally caught near Philadelphia. The prisoner had over 95.000 worth of diamonds in his possession. Ex-MAYOK CltAKt.KS A. Coluxs. senior member of the firm of Collins & Co., carriage manufacturers, of Akron, O., was, on the ISth, arrested on the charge of robbing the till of Werner

Gille, who had been systematically robbed for a year. Collins is seventy years old. Ox the evening of the lath the overland Southern Pacific train, southbound, went through a long trestle over Lake Labish, about five miles from Salem. Ore. The train carried over one hundred persons, nearly all of whom were more or less injured. Ax epidemic of typhoid fever Is raging at Clementville, O., where, up to the ISth, there had been eighty-nine cases, of which twenty-five were fatal. Forty new eases were reported and business was entirely suspended. Thk Norwegian ship Terpsichore, Captain Sorestsen, from Qeebof, October 11, for Newcastle. England, was, on the Wth, reported sunk by a coilisien in the English channel. The fate of tbeorew was unknown, M. F. Rir.s, of Manistiqua, and J. Brown, of St. Ignace, were tied for the ofilee of prosecuting attorney of Schoolcraft County, .Mich., at the recent ejection. They drew lots for the ofitce, and Riggs won. Br an imperial decree of the Porto the right to construct quays on both shores of the GoldeH Horn has been awarded to a French syndicate, which

was the first to apply therefor. LATE NEWS ITEM!.

woro

Thk oourt-martial proceedings atthe reeaat irisl nf IXHi.r.i.yu... n

John T. Buhxh, the Lake Shore en- M. TUrnch AdmUm r !.. ki.l. .u

glneer whose heroism saved the lives Infant t ivwt ro-.v i

of Messengers in the wreck at Irv- charge of emesalement 'of band funds, log, .. ., recently, has received from have been made public Lieutenant Colenel A. Andrews, pronrieier of the Turner was fauml uiitv .., -.

Diamond Palace. .San Franeiseo. a kidkhoirl.ladUte,-i "

Kmi'kiiok Vim.iam has consented to

heavy gold watch, suitably Inscribed.

Colonel Andrews is the gentleman who two years ago presented a watch to Miss Minnie Freeman, the Nebraska ncheel teacher whe saved her scholar from frtesing in the great bliard.

the marriage of his sister. Princess Margaret, to the Prince of Naples, the heir tfc IiHb throne. The marriage will take place within a year. Princess Margaret will become a Cathelia

Thk coroner's jury, ompaneled at Salem, Ore., to inquiro into the caueof the death of persons killed in the lsto accident on the Southern Pacific railroad, returned a verdict, on the 1 4th, that the accident was the result of an unsound and unsafe hrldge.and that the Southern Pscifie Railway Company was guilty of criminal negligence in allow

ing such a structue to stand ami lie used for the passage of trains. J. Ki:iiXAt.t BiKCH.w.h was hanged at Woodstock. Ont, on the 14th. at a. m., for the murder of Frederick C Benwell on February 17, 1SW0. The job was bunglingly dene, and the fall failing to break the condemned man's neck, he slowly strangled to death, with awful bodily eon tortious which made the stoutest hearts among the spectators quail. Jamks McKrbvick. a Western Union lineman, was killed by an express train at Hyde Park, Mass., on the 14th.

while lifting a pole that had fallen

across the tracks, pinning down James

it. i'innegan, foreman of the construc

tion gang. Finnefan was st'verelv

buied but not seriously injured. His brave rescuer leavos a family in Nova Scotia. Tub jury in the case of Asa Waterman, theatrical manager, chargod with the inn nlc r of Peter Doran, whom ho shot in the street in Brooklyn while walking with the lattcr's wife, filed Into the Court of General Sessions, on the 14th, and announced their inability to agree upon a verdict The men wore discharged. Tub- negligence of a telegraph operator ruitiltcd in a collision between two freight trains on the Norfolk &. Western railroad, thirteen miles from Petersburg, Va, on the 14th. Both engines and sixteen cars wore wrecked and George Brcckham, a oolored brake man, was instantly killed. Ox the 14th ex-President Grover Cleveland promised Mayor Burnett and other prominent local Democrats of Springfield, O., that he would be present at the annual Jefferson Club ban quet in that city February 3, and added that he never broke his promise. Tub business portion of the town oi

Burton, 0., was destroyed by fire, on the 14th. The loss is heavy und tho in

surance light The lire originated front

spontaneous comlmstlon in the varnish room of Taylor it Coles furniture store.

'1 ilk tug Alert, of San Franeiseo, and

a lighter went' ashore at CaUlina Island, on the 14th, during a gale. Both vowels were wrecked, and a sailer named Vm. O'Neil was drowned.

' thrown out on account of alleged Irreiru

lartttes, the election being the flrstheid

there tinder the Australian system.

It cost tho county of Floyd ovr$l,R09 for the expenses of Uio late election in

the thirty-eight precincts of the county.

In addition to the abovo sum, nearly as

much was expended for the boxes, booths and other paraphernalia required under the new election law.

feMM.v Fi.vxx, aged seventeen, resid

ing near Franklin, died from tho results of a fall down stairs. Joiix Rohck, a blacksmith at Jeffer--wnville, has fallen heir toS.'VO.eOfl, left by an uncle in Germany, of whqpe existence he was unaware.

Mkssks. Lockridok, of Greencastlo, sold to a New York firm for export a bunch of cattle weighing an average of l,T0O pounds. Joiix Suttox, aged hixty-three, well known, of Elwood. dropped dead of heart disease. Tramps burned the barn of Thomas Thackeray, near Bourbon, because he wouldn't give them turkey and mince pie, telling them bread and milk and apples was good enough for them. MooHSVtt.r.x Quakers have forcibly elosed up the only saloon in the village. J. L. Taylor, a Sedalia merchant, hae assigned. Liabilities, ,99; assets, J8.&0O. L.v Faykttk lynchers failed to get George Bennett, the double murderer. He had been taken to Boone County. Sbvkrai. children were injured in a panic in a school-house at Muncie, due to an alarm of fire. At Mitchell, Miss Mary Eubsnksdied from the effects of blows administers!

by a drunken brother. Small-pox Is prevalent In Washington County. Mus. Bkxxktt, of Anderson, line the

largest baby in the State. It is five months old and weighs eighty pounds. Tub Indiana soldiers' monument will be ready for unveiling next August Tub corner-stone of the now Y. M. & A. building at Evansville, was laid a few days ago. Emit. WrKnoiT, a wife-beater at Terre Haute, was horse-whipped by a couple of women. Tub efforts of the facxlty at Hanover College to prevent cigarette-smoking by the students has proven Ineffectual. Ix the Scott Circuit Court Wm. John

son pleaded guilty to grand larceny and Was .sentenced to ono year in the Stto prison j A THHitiBi.r. conflagration occurred afc Winslow, pike County, a fow morning ago. The whole town hs been wiped out of existence. The houses were all frame structures, and the fire spread with such rapidity that all the efforts of , tho people to extinguish it proved una- f

asy thin

mm Musts rue. And

MveMty.Mvow yea las

nearly tvery gvernmKt Is

m!Mrst4Hi by tu

eefeee

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Ketl H Kurou.

mrm IMwrel irluelUi. c-lrM r" "

Amerte have beeon a eoMneri-, J

railing. ot a houses Is left stamllnir.

ami 400 people are left homeless. There is no fire department, and no provision

l was made for the sudden coming of such

a calamity. How the fire originated has notyet Wen ascertained, but it Is supposed to have been caused by a defective flue. Several of the housos wero clone togothor, and once tho flro had made some headway It was impossible to isolate it. Jas. Bai.laW), merchant of Hlllham, near Paoll, had an epileptic fit while out driving tho othor morning. lie fell with bis neck In the braces of his buggytop and choked to death. Tho team turned off into a log road, tore loose front tho buggy and ran away. Ixiiiaxa Democrats propose to keep open their headquarters until the Presidential election. TwKr.vr. Purdue students wore fined

918 each for locking up a professor three hours In the dormitory. Maktiia Pickkxs died at her home in Brown County, recently, at tho age of 101 years. She had resided on one farm in the county for seventy years. Wm. Bitow.v, a regular train

dlfaler, was stablietl to the hoart recently by Lee Anderson, a boy who sells

papers ana wtenerwHrst on the trains when tlioy stop t Union City. The cause of the stabbing was a difficulty which arose between tho two alwut selling papers on the trains. Anderson U

under arrest.

Hl'vrixoTox has natural a utiuJ

from Dnnt County.

AX ' press train east, on thn Mr.i.i.

plate road, while passing through Burkett a small station west of Vi. Wnvn.

struck and instantly killed Ed Knmsay, track foreman. Leaves a widow and "ten children.

Allen G, I'kurman.

throwing bis shoulders backward, his

eyes sweeping the great throng that

tiatt gathered to do him homage, he

spoke as follows:

mt i-MixMs:-i.et we say to you, tn all

sincerity itml without the lenst mental res

ervatloH, tlintlMiii not, norshatllbe again

i-MMuiuHitt ior omi-e.

ltie stillness which for a couple of moments followed this declaration waa

Intense It seemed as though every S M t . A

"" ui iiib wtousanu or more on

wuora the wostto had fallen felt that

he had lost a friend. Then as. with

trembling tones, the speaker went on to

say that be felt that he had been sum

clentiy honored by his party, there wasa reversion of feeling the vast audience

could no longer restrain itself.every man

arose to nis feet, napkins were waved.

and there went forth cheer after cheer

which might have been heard like the

reverberations of cannon for blocks

away. And amid the enthusiasm the

statesman who had practically said

good-bye sank into his seat

The banquet itself was a magnificent affair. Nothing like it has ever before

been attempted in the Iluekeye State.

The f eurteenth Regiment Armory had

ueen transformed into fairy land. The

raftofs of its ceiling and its white

wasna walls were hidden from view

by thousands of yards of bright colored bunting and silken flags and banners

innumerable. Around the floor, rising

wer aoove tier, were the cho oest nro

a

duots of the hot-house, while above all

towered majestic palms and fragrant

exoiios. me orchestra was hidden

irom view in a mass of foliage which in

turn was surrounded with a curtain of

smllax, At the southern end of the hall, upon a platform hoaped with palms and

roses in oioom were crayon portraiture statues of ox-President Cleveland and

the especial guest of the evening. The table of honor rested upon a platform runnlngbalf tho length of the halL Longitudinal with this there were sixteen tables, each with accommodations for eighty guests, seated visa-vis. Every chair had its occupant, while tfcere were hundreds more who. finding it impossible to gain a place upon the main floor, wore content to view the proceedings from thegallerv. It was shortly after eigh.t o'clock when tho cheering from the largo crowd which had gathered on the outside announced the arrival of the distinguished guests, and When the ex-Senator, arm in arm with President John J. Lentc of the Thurman Club appeared upon the scene, closely followed by ex-President Cleveland and ex-Senator Jos. McDonald the cheering was hearty and prolonged. Mw' Thurman sat on the rightof the sx-Prosldent, his son, Allen W. belnir

next to hi m. ami then In succession exSenator McDonald, Don M. Dickinson, W. C. P. Breckinridge, General Thos. Ewlng and Governor Boyd. To the left of the chair were seated Grover Cleveland, General R. A.,- Harrison, Bishop John A. Watterson, Danlol, Lament and Governor Jackson. i Nearly two hours were occupied in discussing the elaborate menu, and it was after ten o'clock when President I

uenir. rappeu ior order and In a fow well-chosen words proposed the toast ef "Our Guest" Mr. Thnrman,en arising to respond, was greeted with uproarious applause which lasted several minutes. Silence having been restored, ho spoke as follows: I am not linre in-nlght to make an elaborate peeli. 1 mih hern to'expres In a few acn-ti-aoea my heartfelt appreelatlriH of the honor yon Imve so kH.lly h fit to de me: to thank with my whole, noul Hiy neighbors, my fellow-eltiaensof Ohio anil the dlstln. KHMhed KeiitletHfH from other States for their MiHik of friendship and esteem. I am here at the ak of KevcHty.seveH to repeat ny testimony so often given, of my eunH. deuce In the lienefleent effects of free fnt. union ant! my firm belief of their duration en this continent and their gradual, bnt certain extension over othor and larger portions of the globe. 1 hope that It Is not presumptuous In me to ay that 1 think that I have wrtrtie of the neeewsry e.uallHeatloas or a wltm- en ( li I- subject. As short as my life has bt-en, In compsrlton with the lives

or nations, it ha been long t-nongh ror me

" " mwve ibmu, under free Institutions, IneiiMisi In pptiHtfn more than seven-folds Ih Wealth Inn far, a very far, greater rrtto; In xteiit of territory more than double Its arett: Initio

hiiilibiiv ninu iiimih witit,..,

. , nHHl lllJ h aad eves In the far Kt oriental ,w some wore free ana liberal wliu.vV, volvtng year. And, more Hiarvwl,u teems Ui be breaking ever UenluM , and men at a phlloiihla dlshorniM predicting without oxcIIIh ridicule h. ilemptlOH from her barbarle sleep J ; . urlea. la h wrd. freedom iceius t, gradually elreHmnavlxatlHR tliegloi prnud thought for uh, the tolar tur ,'i navigator Is our own leHubllv of thu u, 8tata. WliHt I have said may teem to ,, extravMnt uptluiim-f so, 1 ,i(Ve reply that I have always preferred 7, lorn to )0slHtUm und (hmhihuh enL both, mikI that I don't think that In have eaul I have departed from the t lug of my KMlde. Myirleiitfn, u U auvonty -one erM at elx years of age. 1 beeame a citlx. Ohio, and 1 have been one of her )( from that day t title, and wilt no deal main one or her people out II 1 slmll u In my ttnal reatlng plae on earth u her aod. It would be the perfornoMic Krateftil duty on my purl, to Hpenk o( unlforiH kindness that I have rece, from boyhood to old ng,. , the people of this State; of honor they have conferred upon beyond my ilewrU: of the Hiimnr.....

dear frleads 1 have made. hihI iuu.

taehiuent eatt never be forgotten ( tiiomeHtor remembered without

of tho dlttlngulihed men or Ohio wu, have seen ant! With many of whom I w tlinatlyactiiiHlhted;Mhd of the Just i with which I have wltHesetHl the wou.i.

growth of tho .State until her mium I kn and commands reapeet throughout whole civilized wo Id. Hut Ohio U Ultimo upon which vnu will lienrfntm

dUtliixulahtttt Governor, and no one h terqiiHtltlud Ui do jiiftlre to It Minn h

auan, therefore, connnn mvitlf to

personal reiiilHlteenooe, which, If thvy no other purpose, will prov to you th Is an old, old man whom you hone Illicitly ti. nig lit.

'Iho Hpenker then went oh to av thai had aoen and talked with tho first tiove of tho SlHte, lidward GrifHo; that he known its it rat United StiW-t gen. Thomas WorthlfiKtoH ; .that he had I private Mjurotnry of Governor I.uc, seen and apoken to General Wllll.mi Harrison, and had been Intimately qunhitad wltn many other llluttr OIiIohhs now- dead and icnno. He pnl eliKuent tribute to Knfiia I Kuiun-y, venerable and eminent lawyer, aud eluded hU response In theie words: Ik-foru I conclude, there Is one tHtn that I reel it my duty to make. In t our town papers, a few day ngo, I aw name shgKestt-d as that of a proper e date for the l'realdeney or Viee-Premidtf In lWi 1 regretted very much to nee suKKwatloii, for, appearing In a paper km to be very friendly to me. and oHlilUlMtd

.the place of my residence. It tiiixht nat

ally be auipected by atrangera that It Inspired or at feast approved by me. such was not the fast. I had no Idea i such m auxKextlon would bo made tiat saw It Ih this paper. My frieml. let aay to you in all sincerity and with the least mental reservation that I not nor itlull I ever again be a candM for o Wee. I have been sametontly hont. by my party, nnd neither aslc or delr further honor than continued friendand good will. Gentlemen, I have r enough t mor. Indeed, th.ia I exivectu l

say. Ones more, lot hm return you

alaerMt thank. Ym have gladdened heart and brightened the footMtaiM r

eld wan, your devotvd frhmd. In kit tK of tho hill of life when he km Ale reaehed Its foot. May God btess rasa al

his earnest prayer. The announcement ef tho aert t "CitlaenHhlp in Ameriea" and tho i

sentationof ex-President Clsvelam!

respond as the signal for another i

burst of enthusiasm.

Other toasts were responded to

ex-Sonator McDonald, General Then

Ewlng. Hon. W. C J. Breokinridffea

Hon. Don Dickinson, and tho stwaV

was still in progress at midnight. !

atwence of Henry Watterson. who v

to have responded to a toast, was dt

the fact that the theme he had sele

conflicted with the one nssiirned

Dickinson. He therefore withdrew

acceptance.

SOLDIERS AND STUDENTS

A Militia Cnmpany' r-avttg AmshU

rarty rKtHtients at Ann Arher, ,M tine or the Laltrr Dead. Ann Aiuioit. Mich., Kov. 14.

pany A, First Keglment Michigan Su.

Troops, turned out to serenade a nw her just married. As a wind up tit lired a volley at the house. Tho s

denti who were still excited ovci

previous riot turned out in force, thh

ing thu old row had reopened. Tli surrounded the soldiers and guy them, llleutwnant Granger, in co

mand, onlerod the soldiers to char

twice. Fierce fighting followed.

which the soldiers used mins and t

students stonos and clubs. Irving Dt

nison. the son of Superintend ont lent

son of the Toledo Smead Heath

System, diesl from injuries. T more are likely te die. .Sevei

soldiers were hurt with stones throv

by tho students. Granger had no rig

to call out the troops er order t!

charge. The students are wild wi

rage and will kill Grangor if thev eat

him. No arrests have lwen made .

yet Citizens sympathUe f.ith the st

dents. A movement has been orgs

ized among tho students to punish ll murderers If the law does not

Hrsl

Oh

oeing hihi prosner tv of ts mhoii p. h.i i

their education al advantages snd religious privileges, withoHt a rival Ih the world; while in Its magnificent works of Internal lm;frovement, Its wonderful agrleultare, Its great mines and manufaettirM and its marvelous Means ef esmMnleatlea, the creations ef iiim Md klll. aw.

lleprcdHtloes Still GoIhb

Kehrlng Nee, WASinxflTON. Xov. 14. Reports 1 reached hero of continued deprodatio; on the seal island rookeries by Brltl vessels. In one day last month six Bri ish vessels engaged In oatchlng sea were counted from St. George Islani 'One vessel came so olese te the islan that the guards on duty there fir on it, and those on the ves returned tho fire with sttah olfoct tlu the guanls wore driven into the intorit of their stockade, United States wa ships ran alongside of a number poaching vessels the past summer an fall In llehrlng sea. The vessels hs sealskins on hoard, but mo attempt w made to capture them. The fast tfca diplomaticnegotiatlons were Inprogre1in Washington prevented the Unite States vessels from conRsoaling tli skins.

Death of I tnhd Nytlney Affdrtn. Nbw Yohk, N ov. 1. Baniel' ydne; Appleton, the well-known member t the pwhllshlng house of D. Appleton Co., died shortly before 10 a. m. at hi home, No. University Place. LastSun day he was stricken with apoplexy, a ho has been In a critical assMdltion ui to the time ef his death-