Pike County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 22, Petersburg, Pike County, 9 October 1884 — Page 1

W. P. KNIGHT, Editor and Publisher. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE COUNTY. VOLUME XV. PETERSBURG, INDIANA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1884. ■ IIM.il■■■!«' '■ .1 ■■ ^ ■ - _-_ , Office in OSBOEN BROS. Hew Building, Main street. NU MBER~22^~

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JNJjiWS 1JN BRlEr Compiled from Various Sources. PKBSONA^AKD POUflCU. On the !K)th George Kennau, well known In connection with Arctic explorations, and who ha? been traveling in Russia daring the summer, arrived at his home in Washington, D. C. UturtsAst Lutz of the revenue steam"er Corwin seized the German schooner Adele while tho crew were killing seals at Bu Paul Islands, near Alaska, and brought the vessel arid a portion of the crew to Ban Francisco. Lieutenant Luts has been instructed by the Treasury Department- to turn the vessel over to the- United States Marshal at S.ia Francisco, and consult with the United States District Attorney as to future proceedings. On the 30,h Dr. Abram Babcock, of Syracuse, N. Y., arrested on a charge of criminal practice, committed suicide in jail. On the 30th Mrs. Lillian, a grass-widow of seventeen, took poison and died in a haystack on her father's farm near Ogden, Mich. Thk negro, Bill Smith, who assaulted a dusky damsel in Franklin County, Miss., on the 20th, was taken from a magistrate on the 30th and hanged by a mob. At Laohine, Canada, tw.-nty-three - houses burned the night of the 20th. Loss, about j-35v000; partly insured. Some fifty families were turned out of homes. This is the second disastrous conflagration that has visited Lachine within a short period. At the Conyngham shaft of the Delaware and Hudson Coal Company the boiler exploded with great violence on the evening of the 29th, wrecking the building and damaging the other threo boilers. Several passengers mere seriously injured in an accident on the D. & G. U. Road near Hearne, Tex., on tho 33th. Secretary Gresham has approved the recommendation that block 514, entire, be reserved as a site for public buildings at Fort Smith, Ark. Generai. Wolskley and staff have arrived at Assouan, Egypt. The new Japanese Ministerfotho United States, Mr. Kirki, arrived at San Francisco on the 1st. On the 1st General Wm. A. Throop, a prominent citizen of Detroit, M>ich., shot himself through the head, inflicting a mortal wound. On the 1st John W. Flinn, President of the American Association of Master Mechanics, died at Atlanta, Ga. A soj( of O’Donovan Rossa, sojourning in Paris, boasts that he has S3,1KM) francs with which to buy dynamite'to send to England. The l#e John W. Garrett in his will bequeatluPhis interest in the Baltimore & Ohio Road to his two sous and daughter. Five thousand dollars annually are to go to tho poor of Baltimore, and ?5>,039 annually to educaional and charitable institutions and other deserving charities. The State election in Georgia took place on the 1st. There was no opposition to the Democratic ticket, and the vote in consequence was light everywhere.

**• s', Dariuoiomew, coachman for W. J. Simmons, a wealthy busi- • ness man of Troy, N. Y., married the latter’s adopted daughter, Emma Babcock, aged eighteen. It was a secret affair. Mrs. Belva Lock woo i> announces that she will take the s.ump. At Glasgow, Scotland, the Liberals propose to erect a statue of Gladstone. John F. Marsh declines to be a candidate of the People’s party for LieutenantGovernor of Massachusetts. Blaine and Logan were a Cincinnati on the 2d. They reviewed an immense procession in their honor and held a public reception. The Massachusetts Historical Society has presented Commodore Schley with a gold medal and Lieutenant Emory with a silver medal for the part they took in rescuing the Greely party. ” ’ On the 2d VVah Lee Lee Yow, a Chinese laundry man of Cleveland, O., who nmr- • ried a white woman, was naturalized by the Probate Judge, as his first papers were taken out prior to the act of 188.1. John McCullough, the actor, became so violent at Cnicago on the 2d that it required several men to restrain him. It is though the tragedian’s mind is seriously affected. In the libel suit of Mr. Blaine against the Indianapolis Sentinel the attorneys for the latter ask a few additional questions ih reference to the marriage Slleged to have taken place in Kentucky in 18)0. - They want Mr. Blaine to name the preacher or magistrate who tied the nuptial knot, and answer several other most pertinent questions. In answer to an inquiry from a Kansas man, Walter Evans, United States Internal Kevenue Commissioner, officially states that John A. Logan does'not owu an interest in a distillery. • On the 2d the Grand Jury at Barrie, On’., returned a true bill for murder against Dr. Cosse, the Chicago dynamiter, x Kho shot. a mau named Hamilton In a bouse of ill-fame at Orilla some time ago. He was arraigned and pleaded not guilty. The trial was postponed until spring.

An Alexandria dispatch to the London Jones of the 21. says: General Wolseley has been ordered by telegraph to be back in London by the end of October. The command of the troops in E^ypt has been assumed by General Stephenson. It is said Queen Victoria is trying to arrange a marriage between Prince Victor and Princess Marie of Belgium. It is reported that the Queen will place Buckingham Palace at the service 6f the Prince of ” ales, giving Marlborough House to Prince Victor. Ex-Mayor Donahue, of Davenport, la., died suddenly on the 3d. Recent dispatches from Egypt are to ,tlie effect that General Gordon bad bombarded and recaptured Berber from '"the rebels. ■* Pm vats Henry, who was with * the Greely party in the Arctic regions, left a will, which was probated at Chicago on the 3d. Ok the 3d Wash Fletcher, colored, was hanged at Paducah, Ky., for the murder - cf Amanda Jackson. He spoke for an hour, protesting his innocence. Suit has been broug ht by Pierre Lorillard against the managing editor of the New Vork Star on a charge of criminal libel, in that the paper accused him of making presents to a pretty married woman, etc. Georoe Bancroft, the historian, celebrated his eighty-fourth birthday anniversary at Newport, R. L, on the 31. Congratulations from all parte of the world poured in. The reception was largely attended and was a delightful affair. Mr. Bancroft received from the cottages many floral devices. A KEQRO named Albert Bowen, janitor of the New Haven (Conn.) Post-ofllce, has confessed to stealing letters from the mail boxes. Among those stolen was the 310,000 registered package of bonds from George Crosby, New York, heretofore ronm AM) casdaitki. Ok the 1st a registered package of 310,000 ia bonds, sent from New York,, arrived at East Hampton (Conn.) Post-ofllce with broken sente and containing only brown paper, The offlciais are investigating.

On toe 1st the largest business block of Jlillican, Tex , was destroyed lay fire. Roscoe Cosxling was killed in a base ball game at River Head, R. 1, on the 1st. This is not the ex-Sena‘.or, but a namesake of seventeen. A collision occurred on the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad about eighteen miles from Dsnvor, Col., on the 1st. About thirty passengers were injured, none seriousty. A mutiny of prisoners occurred at Mandalay a few days ago, in quelling which the Burmese soldiers set fire to the prison and shot 430 of the inmates while they were attempting to escape from the burning building. A party of men called at Dennis McGrath's bouse, near Providence, R. I., on the 2d, and murdered him. During the races at Btrabone, Ireland, on the 2d, a platform gave way and many persons were injured. On the 21 dynamite outrages at Cuy I.e Noble, France, caused great damage and frightened the inhabitants. Boms miscreant fired a bullet into the train in which the Prohibitionist candidate, Mr. St. John, was riding, on his way to Terre Haute, Ind., on the 2d. It l>assed iu front of the ex-Governor and quite near him. Within two days, October 1st and 2d, four persons were murdered in Springdale, Tex. The provocations were trivial. On the 21 one man was killed and several seriously injured by an explosion of a can of powder at a saloon adjacent to the Excelsipr Mine, near Des Moines, la. A Swedish miner carelessly allowed a coal from his pipe to drop into the can.. On the night of the 2d a wild train On the C.iicago, Minneapolis & Omaha Road ran through a bridge near Bayfield, Wis., and thirteen people were seriously injured. From the shores of Iceland come reports of a terrible and disastrous hurricane in whieh much shipping was destroyed. On the 3d Captain Dave Kenyon, Acting Fire Chief of Chicago, was fatally injured by being thrown from his buggy while going to a fire. On the night of the 2d, Geo. Wood, a farmer living near Sedan, la., was shot and killed by some unknown person. J. G. Percival, his wife and child an*# Hugh Meyer were murdered by unknown parties near Fullerton, Vance County, Neb., ou the 3rd. On the night of the 2d Benj. Thomas, the Narrangansett Inlian, and the last President Of the Indiau Council in Charlestown, was found dead near Wood River Junction, R. I., having been struck by a train. On the 3d at Morrow, in Warren County, O., an employe of the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railroad Company was fatally injured by the premature explosion of a canr.on, being fired in honor of Blaine’s appearance; The man died soon afterward, and another was also in a critical condition.. The loss of the steam whaler Borohead is reported, the vessel having been crushed in the ice in the Arctic regions, proving a total loss. It was owned by the Pacific Steam Whaling Arctic Company, and was valued, without cargo, at $120,000. The crew was saved.

UlSCELLANEOCS. A national convention of news dealers was in session at Now York on the 30th. A proclamation has been issued by the Viceroy at Canton urging the Chinese to resist the French. On the 30th there were 1121 fresh cases of cholera reported in Italy, and 2.9 deaths, including 51 deaths at Naples and C? at Qenoa. A half interest in the track of the Pittsburgh & Western from,Plum Creek Valley to Woods Run in Allegheny City, has bean purchased by the Lehigh Vailoy Railroad. The Ohio Supreme Court on the 30th granted leave to file pet itions in error in the Scott liquor tax laws and advanced them on the docket by fixing the time of hearing October 22d. On the 3i)th the great September “squeeis” in corn at Chicago closed, the Exchange floor presenting the wildest scenes. The ruling prices were from eighty-five to ninety cents, at which figures the unf ortunate “shorts” will have to settle. At Petersburg, Va., on the 39th, the thermometer registered ninety-five degrees in the shade—the hottest day of the year there. Some of the Paris journals predict a Franco-German alliance unless England keeps her finger out of the Chinese pie. France is said to be again willing to resume treaty negotiations if China will pay an indemnity of 90,000,000 francs. The British Government is reported to have ordered the bombardment of Diver by a portion of the channel squadron to test the defenses. The North Carolina State Exposition opened at Raleigh on the 1st. Large quantities of war materials are being shipped to China from England. The Exchange National Bank of Cincinnati has gone into voluntary liquidation.

UN the 1st there wera 433 fresh cases of cholera reported in Italy, and 197 deaths. Tan manufacturers of writing paper met at Boston, Mass., on the 1st, and decided upon an advanoe in prices. In the Catawissa Valley of Pennsylvania a strange disease has broken out among cattle. A MOVEMENT to establish a clearinghouse for the grain trade was started on the New York Produce Exchange on the 1st. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers began the sessions of its twenty-first annual Convention at Ban Francisco, Cal., on the lsth. Notice was given by the Oliver Iron Works at Pittsburgh, A., on the 1st, to the ^employes of a reduction of 1214 per cent, in wages on account of the depression in trade. During September the decrease of the public debt was $12,'iM7,039; cash in the Treasury, $425,031,322. On the 1st it was semi-officially announced at Paris that- Admiral Courbet had made a descent upon Kee Lung. On the 1st the Irish National League met at Dublin and complained of having received no funds lately from America to aid in the work laid out. The strike ot the Pittsburgh stove maiden is virtually over, the men being willing to accept the ten percent, reduction. Since the beginning of the present year 2,583 miles of main track have been laid in the United States, against 4,244 during the same period last year. Lk Temps says France is not seeking alliance with Germany on the Egyptian question, nor is she negotiating for peace with China. The New York Produce Exchange wants the railroad managers to lift certain charge* which operate against grain men of that city. Tub mills at Minneapolis, Minn., are turning out more flour than ever before in the history of the city. Several are running on new wheat exclusively.] In Virginia the drought is alarming. The heat has also been intense for several days. Grass has dried up in the southwest, creeks are dry and cattle are beta ; driven into Tennessee for water and grazing. The termination of the railroad war iis announced by Comraisaloner Fink,

South African advices report; a movement to raise a local force to expel the Boers from Bechuanaland and restore English authority. The dea ths from cholera in FTance are rapidly decreasing. The financial exhibit of the Postal Department ]for the fiscal year is given to tho public, lit shows a deficiency of about $3,000,030. ^ In several counties in Maryland hogs are suffering and dying from a malignant disease. On the 3d there were 236 fresh cases of cholera in Italy and 194 deaths. At Stratford, Ont., a scheme to smuggle grain into Canada has been discovered. The actor, Frank S. Chanfrau, well known for his impersonations of “Kit, the [ Arkansan Traveler,” died at Jersey City ohrthe 2d. *Gn the evening of the 2d a grand demonstration was held in Buffalo, N. Y., in honor of the visit of Governor Cleveland. Thousands of people went from the adjoining country, and the affair was the most imposing of the kind ever held there. The Governor made a speech, and much enthusiasm was manifested by the people of his home. A heavy rain fell during the entire evening. Reinforcements of fifteen thousand men have been seut to the Chinese troops at Ke-Lung and Tamusi. Because he shook hands with Earl Spencer, the President of a branch of the Irish National League at Dublin has been expelled. Tux Sultan of Morocco has dismissed from office and imprisoned the Governor of Demffah, who is charged with having tortured the Jews, in consequence of the protest of the Italian Consul. In Texas the assessed value of property has increased -161,0)0,030 over last year. France officially denies j;hat she has asked the United States to act as mediator in the Chinese difficulty. On the night of the 2d it was so warm at St. Paul, Minn., that people feared some impending danger. On the 81 there were 231 fresh cases of cholera reported in Italy, and 174 deaths, a small decrease as compared with the previous day. In Chicago the bucket-shop men have assumed the aggressive in the w$r with the Board of Trade. Later information from Salinas City, Mexico, confirms the report of the recent battle Iretween the officers and bandits, in which many people were killed. London advices state that a committee of the United Kingdom Alliance sTeraperance oi-ganizaticta has adopted, a resolution of congratulation to Neal Dow and the Suite of Maine over the recent Prohibition victory. Tub employes of the Oliver Iron Works, at Pittsburgh, Pa., will undoubtedly strike in° preference to accepting the proposed 12X per cent, reduction in wages. According to Bradstreet’s cotton report for September the condition is not so good as reported for August, when the general average was not above fair. This is due to prolonged drought in many sections. For the seven days ended the 3d there were IS8 failures as compared with 201 in tho preceding week. Eighty per cent, were those of smaller trades with capital of less than 15,030.

vn vuo i 1 oaaui j UUlCUl pur* chased 3VJ.0CO ounces of silver for the New Orleans and Philadelphia mints. It was announced by the Chicopee Manufacturing Company, of Chicopee Falls, Mass., on the 3d that it should run on three-quarter time, nine hours a day for five days in the week. All the manufacturing establishments in the Tillage are running on short time. At the session of the Copyright Congress in Brussels, a resolution was passed on the 3d that the publication and reproduction of musical works should have the same protection as literary and artistic works, and that the art oug ht not to be impeded in its progress by customs and formalities. By the fall of Berber Colonel Kitchener will be able to reach Gordon from Dongola and ascertain his wishes regarding the Nile expedition and as to the necessity of the expedition going to Khurtoum. The conference 'may result in the abandonment of the Nile expedition. The United States in Its commercial negotiations with Spain is said to have off red to largely reduce the duties on sugar and raw tobacco imported from Cuban in return for reduced Cuban duties on American cereals. The question of the tariff is still undecided. LATE NEWS ITEMS. A number of horses at Vinceanrs, I aro said to be afflicted with glanders. it serious riot among coolies at Hong Kong, China, is reported. The Citizens' National Bunk, Indianaprlis, Ind., will go into voluntary liquidation. Its charter has expired. The unskilled employes Of the Oliver Iron Works, Pittsburgh, Pa., struck on the 6th. Both of the Gould Atlantic cables between Europe and American are broken. The cholera epidemicat both Naples and Geneva is on tbe wane. Frank Hatton has been designated by the President as Postmaster-General for ten days from tbe 4th.

Mvvuiuuuuua, mo avivr arnvwi in S :. Louis on the 5th accompanied by J. H. Bres] in. It is reported that El Mahdi is advancing towards the White N ile. There were two deaths from cholera at Marseilles and one at Toulon on the 4th. James Graves and wife were arrested in New York on the 4th on the charge of smuggling $20,030 worth of unset diamonds. Brigands are scouring the provinces of Ilgypt, pillaging property and firing upon the people. It is generally believed that the Vance Gounty (Neb.) buichory was committed by H. A. G. Baird, a young man who lived with the Percival family. He is missing and a reward of $1,00) is offered for his arrest. The bodies of the five victims have been found. * . , j A Paris rumor is to the effect that the French Government will recall Admiral Courbet from Chinese waters. Prince Halvin, pretender to the throne of Egypt, is about to visit Paris to canvass support for his cause. Frank Manly was arrested near Henrietta, Tex., on the 4tb, on the charge of kidnaping Sadie Barton, a pretty sixteen-year-old girl ot Kansas. He threatened her life if she informed on him,but she told of her treatment while he was away. There was talk of lynching Manly if the girl's story proved true. Admiral Courbet telegraphed to Paris on the 4ih that he had commenced operations at Kee Lung. There were one or two lively but .brief battles and the Chinese evacuated. In a speech at Glasgow on the 4th the Marquis Salisbury attributed the present state of affairs is Ireland to Gladstone's sig-zag policy and exti-eme leniency. A great furniture storage warehouse and nine dwellings were destroyed by fire at Philadelphia on the 5th. Loss half a million dollars. I A washout caused! a wreck on the Northern Pacific Railroad near Fond du Lac, Wis., on the 5ih, Three lives were lost. «

THE BLAlSE-SENTIJiEL SUIT. n» Imposition of Ex-Congressman It. moyne, Who Witnessed the Pittsburgh Marriage, Taken in Chicago—A Brief But Pointed Cross-Examination. Chicago, III, October 3. The deposition oi ex-Congressman Lera >yne, of this city, in the suit of James G. Blaine against the Indianapolis Sentinel, was taken yesterday morning before Sheldon W. Burnham, deputy clerk of the United States Courts. Mr. Lemoyne was one oi the witnesses to the marriage which was solemnized between Mr. Bialnc and his wife at Pittsburgh, Fa., in . March, 1851. At the taking of the deposition there were present Mr. Lemoyne, C. W. Goudy, representing the Indianapolis Sentinel, W. H. H. Miller, of the firm of 11a rison, E arn & Miller, of Indianapolis representing Mr. B alne, and a representative of the Sentinel. In answer to the interrogatories of Mr. Goudy, Mr Lemoyne said, in substance, that he and Mr. Blaine were classmates in college at Washington, Fa. He lost sight of him for severai years. In March, 1851, Mr. Blaine came into the ofiic of th deponei.t. He asked the latter if he would be willing to witness a secret marriage between himself and a lady, and in explanation said that she was stopping temp .rarity at a hotel, being in the act of passing through the city. Mr. Blaine went ou to say that they were desirous of being married, but the ceremony would have to be secret, as the lady’s friends were oppo'sed to the match. Mr. Lemoyne expressed his willingness to be preseut. Mr. Blaine then said that if he (Mr. Lemoyne) would procure th; se vices of a minister and another witness he would see that the lady was brought from the hotel. The deponent agreed to this and went to the Rev. Mr. Bryan, pastor of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and arranged to hare the ceremony performed by him at his house. He got D. W. Bell, an attorney o; Pittsburgh, now living, as a wit1 ess. The two repaired to the minister’s house, and shortly after their arrival Mr. Blaine came with a lady. The party met in a sitting r >om. The lady was introduced by Mr. Blaine to Mr. Lemoyne as Miss Harriet Stanwood. The witness could not distinguish her form or features as she was enveloped in a large cloak or shawl and had a heavy veil over her face. The eeremony was very short. The bride and groom left the house, and the witnesses followed immediately. There was a paper signed, but whether l e or Mr. Bryan gave it to Mr. Blaine or what were its contents, Mr. Lemoyne could not uow recolect. Mr. Blaine called on the deponent either the day following or the day subsequent to this and requested Mr. Lemoyne not to say anything about the marilage until the period of six months had passed. Ho also asked the deponent to make the same request of Mr. B 11, the other witness to the ceremony.

mr. mu er in cross-examination only asked two or three questions. One of thi-in was as to whether the gentleman was not of the oppo-ite political party to Mr. Blaiue, to which Mr. Lemoyue" replied: ‘•Well, I’m not much of a Republican, and not much of a Democrat; but of course, you know I’m not a Repub.icau.” FATAL EXPLOSION. One Man Killed and Many Injured by an Explosion of 1'owder. Jhusky City, N. -I., October 3. A casualty resulting in the death of one man and the maiming and the probably fatal Injuring of ten others, bapeucd at the Excelsior mine, live mites south of this city, Wednesday nfght about ten o'clock. Wm. Harrison aud about a dozen others, mostly Swedish miners, were in the saloon of Michael Fox. Harrison was smoking, aud, noticiug a can of p >wder, which he mistook for fruit or jelly, he was about to help himself, when a coal dropped from his pipe and ignited the powder. The explosion which ensued was terrific. Harrison »a« blown to pieces. The sa'oon was demolished and ten of the bystanders, mostly Swedish miners, were badly injured, some of them fataliy. The report of the explosion was distirctiy heard in this city. The following is a a partial list of the victims. William Harrison, killed. Jno. bars, very badly injured. llarr/ McFadden, very seri rusly , hurt. Walter Patterson, daugerously injure . U m. Paterson, brother of Walter, severely injured. Chas. Bromfield, blown through the roof and badly bruised. AX OLD ACTOR GONE. The Death of “Kit, the Arknnsas Traveler.” Das Moines, I a., October 3. Francis S. Chanfrau’s sudden death has snapped another link iu the dramatic chain that binds the present generation Of thea'cr goers to the last. Wednesday evening Chanfran sat in Taylor’s Hotel discussing with a party of friends the sad calamity that had befallen John McCullough, when the hand of death struck

Dim down, lie Dad just remarked wuh a sigh: “Ah, well, boys, my torn will come next,” and it was the voice of prophecy. The stroke of paralysis was mortal. Around the death bed stood his two sorrowing sons, Henry an I Frank, and his sister-in-law, Miss Baker. The best medical skill proved of no avail, and at 5:15 yesterday morning the veteran* actor passed away in a gentle sle p. The remtius will be interred in the family bprial vault in the Long Branch Cemetery, and the funeral services will be held on Sunday. The season will be interrupted for a week or more, when it will be resumed with Henry T. Chaufrau, the dead comedian’s son, in the role of “Kit, the Arkansas Traveler.” Chaufrau leaves a fortune of some $230,000. An Exchange of Courtesies. Montreal, Can., October 8. A merchant named Westgate, whose firm of Westgate Bros, had failed, after compounding with his creditors for thirty cents and getting his release, has mysteriously disappeared across the border without paying any one. Most of the large creditors have taken out seizures on what is left behind. An insurance agent moving in the highest circles here has also taken his sudden departure without notifying bis creditors, some of whom havu seized his .usurious furniture and sold it for debt. Russian Shipping Runted. St. Petersbuho, October 2. A steamer plying the Volga K ver took fire yesterday at Kostroma and broke loose from the dock and floated down the stream setting tire to other vessels. 'Being loaded with oil she burned fiercely, and as the oil floated ou the rver the vicinity was soon an immense sea of flame which consumed everything within its i each. The excitement was intense. The firemen, sailors and others worked heroically. S-veral ships and two steamers were burned, and a dozen persons were killed or injured before the lire was controlled. The loss will reach several million roubles,

CLEVELAND AT ItdttE. The Cordial Welcome Accorded the Democratic Candidate On His Visit to Buffalo, His Home—The Greatest Demonstration £ver Witnessed in the Citj—A Heavy Rainfall Fails to Dampen the Ardor of His Friends and Adherents—Cleveland’s Speech. . Buffalo, N. V., Oc!o;t>er2. Buffalo welcomed Governor Cleveland with such a demonstration as has never before been witnessed here. Crowds have stood In the streets in the rain since dusk and thousands of men ,pave paraded through the s reets sticky with mud under a steady rain. Governor Cleveland was received with enthusiastic cheers along the line of marc'i. 'I he illumination was liner than anything ever seen here. Nearly cverv house along the line of march, and hW&Jreds on every street in < ther parts oi the city were decorated with Chine e lanterns, and on Maiu street the festoons of lanterns across the street and on the house fronts made a scene pf brilliancy beyond description. ltaiu 'e.l a 1 day, and the display ol bunting though liberal was not o extensive as had been ex[ cctcd. On many buildings mottoes such as “Welcome home,” “Welcome to Cevelaud” were shown. Illuminated portraits were di-played on seve at leading business bouses. The .Yews office framed lu gas-jets its large paiuling of Governor Cleveland, making one of the most unique and attractive decorations iu the city. The Humiliated portral. was frequently cheered. On the lrout of the Gene .-e llou-e, where Mr. Cleveland revi -wed the line and spoke, was displayed tile legend: ‘ Our cit izen, Governor -and President, welcome home.’’ Ali the rai.reads were tilled with passengers. The Central brought in four excursion trains, following close together, and numbering fllty-four cars. Syracu se sent i.liCO uuilormed men. bixte n carloads, including the uuilormed clubs, came in from Niagara Falls. A party of 131 persons, including many prominent citizen*, went to Batavia iu s ecial coaches attached to the 4:30 train on the Ceutral. Crowds met the train at every station, but no stops were made. At Batavia the long continued calls for Cleveland brought Ihe Governor to the door of the car. Load calks for a speech’ were made. Governor Cleveland said: “No speech, gentlemen, but I give you both hands.” An indescr.bable struggle to shake hi hands eusued, which only ended by the oepariur'e of the train. The trip to Buffalo was made amid a general jol iticatiou, his neighbors vieiug with each other m doing honor to the Governor. A the train approached Buffalo the engines of alt roads s ..uted with their whistles. The Buffalo Depot was sui rounded by a surging crowd, and the Governor’s appearance was hailed with tremendous cheering.

inc procession moved promptly at »:2U p. m and was two lionrs in passing the reviewing stand. The Ninth Ward ^Phalanx, the Governor’s Home Guard, had the right of line, followed by the Democratic Legion, composed of business men, 583 stroug. Theu came i orernor Cleveland in a carriage drawn by eight whi'e horses, and followed by thirty-eight carriages, two abrea-t. The Cleve'aud Corps, composed of young men of both parties, organiz 'd in the ' campaign of 1882, fdl.owed. There were forty-four visiting companies, and the line contained sixtyeight band and drum crops. A pouring rain came down nearly all ‘ the ime ihepr cession was moving, but appeared to hive no effect on the procession, and the crowd stood in the wet till the end. Governor Cleveland sat with uncovered head, biwing right and left to the ch era that greeted him on all sides. The Governor reviewed the line from the balcony of the Geues e House. At the close of the review, he was welcomed home to Buffalo in a. brief speech by Henry Martin, President of the Manufacturers’ aud Traders’ Bank. The Governor, in reply, spoke as follows: I ean hardly tell the people of Buffalo how I re!oice to-night and how gratified I am for this demonstration of the confidence and esteem of my friends and fellow-eitizens. 1 have resided anions you and in the eity where all my success in private i fe has been achieved for nearly thirty years. To-uight 1 come lo you alter thofhmgest absence that has occurred in that time. And yet within the few weeks that have passed since 1 saw you last, an event ha- happened rtf sumpremo importance to me and that places me within the Natl >u’s gaze. " The honor it has brought to me I ask my fellow t ownstnen to share, white 1 acknowledge with grateful heart all that they in the past have done for me. But two short yea-s ago you stood steadily by my si te in every effort of mine as the Chief Executive of our eity t> advance its interests. Whatever 1 was atde to accomplish of value to this community was largely dim to your strong aud intelligent support. Nor can I evtr forget the generous indorsement you gave my candidacy for the offlee which 1 now hold in the State, and 1 assure you that in its administration. I ha\ e received no greater enccuraeement than the appioval of my friends at h me. What I have scon and heard tonight has touched me de-ply. It tells me that my neighbors are stilt my friends, and usstires methat 1 have not been unsuccessful in my efforts to deserve their confidence. In years to come 1 shall deem myself not far wrong if 1 still retain their good opinion, and if surrounding cares and perpfexitics tiring ve.xa'ion, 1 shall tiud solace and comfort in t le memory of the days spent here and in v-culling the kindness of my Buffalo i'ru nds.

But ot tier monels uro nere to-nigni. anti to all who tendoi- me their kindly welcome I extend ii heartfelt grejting as citizens with me of tie greatest commonweultb in the sisterhood of States, and one immensely intereste l in the general weal, bpc-ause I love mv Mat > and her people. I can not refrain from re Binding you that she should be in tho van of every, movement whieh promises a safer ai d better administration of the general Government so closely related to her prosperity a od greatness and let me leave you with the thot ght t hat your safety lies iu imr vising upon ti e endeavor of those entrus with the gurrdianship of your rights aw, Mores Is, a [ ure, patriotic and exacting p*>, sentiment. The character of the Government ea i tin idly rise higher than the source from wiiich it springs and the integrity of riublie servants is not apt to be greater than he people di uian l.” The visiting clubs were then taken in charge a d entertained by local clubs, and fell for home in good splrl s. Governor Cleveland will remain here until to-nigh;, when he returns to Albany. Only Intended For a Joke. BriTAno, N. Y:, Octobers. Dr. S. H. Warren, who figured in the attempt to Involve Governor Cleveland in the liquor scandal through the use of a mutilated bill, publishes a card in which he says the matter at first was all a joke; that he was led into the scheme while nnder the influence of liquor. (Ie does not defend any of the tacts of the case and says the affair has Injured no one so mu.h as h’msetf, while Mr. Cleveland has not suffered by it, and he asks the latter’s friends not to be vindictive in their censures. St. John's Train Fired On. 8uijjva», O. October 3. , A shot w!,s fired into the car in which' Mr. St. Joht sat on his way from Carlisle to Terre Haute Wednesday night. The ball passed through the window on the opposite side, making a clean hole and lodging in he side on which St. John sat and a little in front ot him. The train was just siow.ng np south ot Sntlivan, when the shot was fired, it being exact y eight o’clock. The Governor to vk the matter coolly and no disturbance was matte, and many on the train w re pot aware ot the occurrence. There is no slew to the motive or Idcqti* tr of the person iyho flied the shot,

A NEBRASKA BUTCHERY A Horrible Story of Outrage and Murdei from Nance County, Gebrneka—Five Person* Killed to Corer Up a Fiendish Crime —The Remains of the Victims All Found and a Hut Clew to the Perpetrator. Oxara, Neb., Octobers. The botcher; in NanceJduunty is still the ruling sensation, J^jd in’- tongue of gossip has been. busy. * Ktimors and speculation- ofcall kinds are current, but suspicion has generally centred on II. A. G. Baird, a young inau, twenty-one years old, lor whose captnre $1,000 reward is offered. Sheriff Zibbel of Nance County, who has tracked him to Omaha, arrived here last eveniu*, and makes the following statement: After murdering llarry Vercival, wife and child, and ugh Mair on Monday night, it is thought, Baird rode a horse to Fullerton, and there, on Tuesday morning, bought a ticket for Omaha, and left on the m ruing train. Whether he obtained aoy p' under is not knowu certainly, but it is su - posed that he did, and furthermore it is believed that he i a wired some articles of jewelry at a pawnshop in Omaha. WORSE THAN FIRST REPORTED. It seems that young Bilrd was living wilh I’ercivai, and the theory now is that while lVrcival was in Fullerton on Monday afternoon, Baird committed the outrage on Mrs. i’ercivat. Baird, seeing what he had done, killed her and her child. The supposition is that Bair I theu laid lu wait for I’ercivai and kilted him on his return from Fullerton. Pvrclval was shot twice near the hnv-stack and the body was found there badly eaten by hogs. MORE KIUJXO. llog'i Mair, who was also killed, lived with his friend Furoival, halt a mite from Percivai, a id it is believed that Baird killed him for fear tint he had leafned something. Fur nival, who is missing and was thought at tirst to be implicated with Baird, is now- believed to have been al o killed by Baird, and his friends think that his body will be fonnd. The theory is that Furuivai attempted to escape from Baird by riding away on his horse', but that Baird, who is a dead shot, killed him at long range and buried the body. A peculiar smell was discovc ed two m les west of Furnivai’s house ye t wday morning, and parties are eude ivoring to locate it in the hope of finding FnruivaPs body. Baird is a bright looking young felow, with smooth face except a light mustache. He wears good clothes, plays pool and drinks occasionally; is an Englishman, and is believed to have gone to New York Intending to return to England.* Ail his victims are Eug.ish. Mrs. Perciva.’s father, who lives at Faribault, passed th ough Omaha last n:ght en route for Nanc - Couutv. FURNIVAL FOUND. Later—AH day yesterday the search for Furuival’s body was kept up, and last • veiling the searchers were rewarded by finding the corpse in a pond near the scene of the other killings. a Virginia" is iutk.

Chooses a Passenger Car in Which .to Chastise His Wife and Narrowly Kscupes the Fury of His Fellow Passengers—The Conductor Punches lllm Into Submission. Seoah.ia. Ho, October 5. A man and wife, passengers on the first section of the St. L >nis train last night, caused quite a commotion just after leaving Lexington. The husband \va - drunk, and from some real or fancied wroug committed by his wife, struck her several times in the lace, her nose and inou h bleeding freely. The car became a pandemo ium, passengers shouting, “Put him out!” “Kill liim-l” while auotber called at the top of his. v .ice, “Get a rope.” Conductor Merrifield appeared and „ remonstrated with the fellow, with but little effect, until he administered several go d slaps, when he cowered tike a whipped spaniel, and said, “If yon will keep them from bang-tig me I will behave myself.” Conductor Merrifield assured him no one would molest him if he would act right. The wile refused to give her name, but said they were from Virginia, and her hnsbaud was a physician and they had been to Colorado lor the benefit of his hea.tb. They had a babe about one year eld with thorn. A MOJ>E&M*BLUEBEARD. A Kansas Girl Kidnaped by a Texan and Held in Shameful Hundage—Her Ksernie and Arrest of the Brute—A Probable. Henrietta, Tex., October 5. Frank Manly, who lived in Dallas Was arrested at Henrietta yesterday charged with kidniping Sadie Barton, sixteen years old, near Garnett, Kas. Manly was heavily armed when arrested.^ The girl is good-looking a d intelligent, and tells a horrible story as to her treatmeat by Manly. She claims he has bee > living with her against her consent and by threats ever since he took her from her home four weeks ago and threatened to kill her i. she told a yone of her ruin by him. Ale brought her through the Indian Terr.tory iu a buggy, uud the girl says re fused to al ow her to speak to anyone. While Manly was onv a’ter corn for his horses S.tormythe girl told the horrible story to a citize i and begged for help. He at ouce came to towu and had the She iff to go and make the arrest There is strong talk of lynching Manly if tlie girl’s story proves true. Tho trial is set for to-day. ,.

Marine and Railroad Disaster. Duluth, Mi >n., October it. The schooner John Martin from Port Arthur, to load grain for Buffalo, went ashore near the harbor entrance earl; yesterday raor.iug and was scut tied. She will probably be released today. Early yesterday morning a Northern Pacific freight train, lorded with wheat, Went off the track at Spirit Lake, seven miles from this city. Seven cars were wrecked and three train men killed and two injured. The track bad been washed out by the recent storms. —The stormy petrel possesses a very large amount of oil, which, when terrified, it has the power of throwing from its mouth, in the Faroe islands the people draw a wick through its body, when it is young and fat, and lighting the end that projects from the beak use it for a lamp. It will bum a long time. A. ¥. Herald. —The big Brooklyn Bridge is a delicate thermometer. During the hot weather recently the slip-joint in the center of the bridge showed an expansion of about twelve inches. With the 6,600 tons in the superstructure, and the heavy weight of the planking, it works freely, and is wonderful for its delicacy.—Brooklyn Argus. — On a recent Saturday, for the first time in forty-seven years, there were no female prisoners brought before the police magistrate in the New York Toombs Police Court.—M T. Sun. —A kangaroo snake was recently captured iu the mountains of Nevada. It is thought to be the first of the species ever found outside of Mexico, and in that country they are very rare.

DAK W. YOORHEES* A Speech by the Tall Sycamore 01 the Wabash. The Democratic Senator from Indiana Presents a Masterly Review <gf the Democratieissors of the Torrent Political Caoipsico, The following is an abstract of Senator Voorhecs speech recently delivered at Worthington, Ind. He said: **The dominant Issue in the present canvass t» made up by a demand for a change, for tile purposes of reforuiand purification, on the one band, ami by a strenuous determination to renutiu in the enjoyment of the emoluments ot power on the other. The pcop'e who seek no offices. and expect to hold none, are interested only in the work of reform and in good government. To them it matters not what party is in power, nor what individuals are in place, so tong as the popular will is executed in upright laws and tn their honest etc forcemeat: The great body of the people are Only partisan for the pub ie good as they understand if, and whenever they distrust their agents, their public servants in the affairs of government, although of their own party, name and creed, it will be seen that partv tins are speed.iy disregarded, and party leaded! repudiated and overthrown. • There is abundant evidence of this fact all aronnet tts at this time. A large number of by tar the ablest Republican newspapers in tire United States, those great journa s which have herctolore led their party to victory, are now supporting the Democratic candidate for President, because they have lost raith iu the present leaders and methods of their own organization. Many of the best known names of the itcpubtican party- are pursuing the same course and from the same motives. Associations of gentlemen hitherto devotedly attached to that party have also been orgnnized as clubs in almost, if not every. State in the Union, to aid iu the elevation of one not of their political faith to the Presidency. So Sreat ami widespread is this movement in the epubiican i arty in favor of independent voting at the coining election that mv colleague in the Senate, General Harrison, felt the necess ty of dwelling extensively upon it in his speech at- Indianapolis, on the Ski of August. Nearly, one-third of his elaborate and carefu ly-pt»pared speech on that occasion was taken upwith a critical assignment or, the reasons why Kcpubiicans should not leave their party under the lead of George William Curtis, Cad ifehurz ami other prominent men. He also indulged in an earnest and anxious appeal to the members of his party not to desert, at least not just now, but wait until in the order of things it was the proper time for the Kepuhlican partv tn die. I bis is curious language for a t icncral to ho d to his followers on the eve of b title, but witn conspicuous defections in every rank and on all sides, it was tbe best, perhaps, he could use. “I will hot stop to vindicate the Pemocratio party in its relations with slavery by asking whether Washington, Madison. Jackson, Uay, and ail the mighty hosisot the earlier and purer days of the llepub.ie were iuunorat and dishonest because they walker! in friendship with it. No such vindication is needed: hut. 1 will pause to ask Senator Harrison how he, of ad other men. dares to bi come the accuser of the Democratic party, or of any other patty or individual, on that subject: it lias always been understood that he lias at 1 ast a proper pride of ancestry. Tnipfcortrait of his honored grandfather hangs fuv tbe walls of the White House, and remind settle visitor of the boundless tide which carried him there only a little more than forty years ago. and at the swift, untimely strokeof death which bore him away. General William Henry Harrison was a hero of many fields, faithful at all times to his sense of duty, and free from every taint of political immoralitv. But his descendant, the present iicpuotican Remits r from Indiana, is willing to blacken his name and consign him to mfamy in order to stigmatize Ibe Democratic party. William Henry Harrison net onl* walked in friendship with slavery all his life, but white Governor of the Northwestern Territory he favored the abrogation of ttie ordinance of 1TS7, in order to introduce slavery into all the territory subject to in s jurisdiction. Indiana and itlinois, and perhaps other States of the Northwest; would have commenced their careers with slavery fastened, upon them if biswell-known policy had prevailed^, •‘lliirtt/rnafow Uc,

cation in support of his general charge or political immorality says the democratic-party has walked in friendship with treason. -If there is a human being living so ignorant of the eivil war in this country as to believe the Republican party or itself connuered the South; that the Democratic party was opposed to the suppression of the rebellion and did not contribute its full proportion ot men and money for the restoration of the Union, I have no argument to make at this late day with eugh a person. It was the polities of the Democrat and not his dteioyaltv to the cause of the Union which excited and still excites, the vengeful animosity of the, political pharisee. The heavy reinforcements pushed forward by Governor Seymour, of New York, in the last few days before the giant con diet at Gettysburg, alone saved the l nion army trom being driven baek, and yet I have no doubt General Harrison would say to-day that Governor Seymour—thegreatee' and most distinguished living Derm crat—was disloyal during the war and walked in friendship with treason. Perhaps ho would sav the same of Hancock,'who on many a drea ifui held rode into thejawsof death to uphold the flag. Of course he would brand the great and noble McClellan with the same shameful imputation. Tne Democracy of the whole country have rallied to the support of each ode of these three eminent men in three Presidential contests, and it is hardly too much to say that without their great an I patriotic services the Union cause would have failed; or been retarded, and the struggle prolonged lor years. The truth is that all classes of ail parties in the North were earnestly devoted to the Union, and poured out blood and treasure ior that object, but a narrow school of Republican leaders determined to make the civil war the occasion for the destruction of the Demociatie party By charging it wilh infidelity to the Government, arid General Harrison only repeats an old, stale, wem-ont calumny on this point. All that he. and other Republican leaders of - like minds wilh him, require ef the deepestdyed traitor, stained lo the elbows in the blood ol Union soldiers, is that ho shall vote the Republican ticker. His treason, though rank and smelling to Heaven, then becomes loyalty. I neard General Mahoac on the floor of the Senate glorify his services in the Confederate army. He announced in the faces of the Republican Senators around him that he bad no apology to offer nor regrets to ut t r fort he blood he had she*!. Ho told them in shrill, defiant tones, that for his conspicuous efforts to disrupt and destroy the American Union ho had no repentance nor contrition of heart. Ho proclaimed his adhesion, however, to the Republican party, and he was welcomed with shouts of joy, and my colleague and his party associates folded him to their breasts with all the blotches and stains of bloody treason fresh ut:on him Until two years ago there was no other name in the whole South more execrate-1 by the Republicans than that or Genet al Chalmers, of Mississippi. He it was who led the Confederate forces to the allege 1 inhuman slaughter of colored troops at Fort Pillow. His name was always mentioned by a certain el&ss in the North with a shod ler ot horror

ar.ii he was cursea as the merciless author of ail atrocious massacre committed on people who bad cea-ted to light and sought to surrender. The Republican early in the last Congress swiftly, ami with every token of pleasure, ejected him from bis seat in the House, and put a negro In his place. Chalmers at last, however, concluded to tread the well-worn pathway to pardon, grace and promotion. He knew the conditions of membership in the political church wherein my colleague worships were easy and inviting to a late rebel, to one who had particularly distinguished himself in the extreme wickedness of rebellious warfare. He had seen Moseby, the alleged guerrilat, join, and.obtain at ont e %ric'u and lucrative office, where he still remains. He had seen Long-street, whose track was always one of blood, do the same and receive similar reward. He had sceft an At-torney-General In one Cabinet and a Postmaster General in another, both fresh .from deeds of carnage in support of the rebellion. Hundreds more ho had seen received, embraced and honored for their votes, with the blood scarcely yet wiped from their hands. “ No confession of sin is reonired at the attar of this church; no sorrow for guilt, no prayer for forgiveness, uo promise of a better future life are here called for or expected, A Republican vote atones for all, and the hand of fellowship is at ouce extended. General' burners has given the vote and received the hand, and now the execrations once heaped upon his head as the murderer and butcher of Fort Pillow will be heard from Republican lips uo more forever. He has liceu restored by Republican votes to a seat is the House, and, in the estimation ot my colleague. I hare no doubt ho ranks as a far more loyal man than a Cnton soldier who votes the Democratic ticket Hand in hand, arid in closest friendship, the leaders of the Republican party walk with the worst class of traitors and with the blackest treason, whenever the traitor or the treason can be secured to swell then- ranks and bring party success. “ it only remains now for Jefferson Davis to come next If he should approach with a Republican ticket in his hand, those who loaded him with chains and clothed him wito curses would sing it dram iatainmu*; pot on him a robe of honor, and give him • high place in their councils.” Referring to the currency of the country Reaatur Voorhees said: “The Secretary of the Treasury six years ago, in the face of impending, compulsory legislation, took the step, apparently voluntary, but in fact involuntary. to receive the greenback for customs duties on imports, notwithstanding a law which required such duties in coin. The greenback currency, its existence, and its Yb'ume thus assured, and its character thus

honored. rose at once to par with minted gotdj and has there remained plus rattier than mi* nns to the present hour, despite the croaking prophecies of nU the architects and su* P‘ rintendonts of asylums tor idiots throughout the whole land, Roes the Republican party mean to include this currency, which it has so long denounced as dishonest rears, with •honest currency.’ or with the best moncr known to the civilizod world?’ 1 wouid.be glad to have an answer, but it can not be found in tkeir National platform. “A^ain, what is the position of the Republican party on sliver money? Is it honest or dishonest currency? Does it rank with the best money of the world, or is it a spurious issue? The history of the Republican party shows Its hostility to silver ra >ney» In ford a Republican Congress struck from the Goinage act the American silver dollar. It was done with the silence, skill and deception of inter National fraud. When the struggle came, a# it did five years later, for the restoration of} this branch of our currency, a Republican; President, Mr. Hayes, inspired and guided by, a Republican Secretary of the ^Treasury. Mr. Sherman, launched his veto against the bill for the remonetization of silver. From 1 hat day to this I be:ieve there ha* been no annual message delivered by the President to Congress, and no annual report made by the i?eerctary of the Treasury, which have not contained a rccommendadon looking to a repeal of the law for the coinage of silver, and pointing to gold aOne as the specie basis for a paper currency.” The speaker, after reading the tariff plank in the Republican platform adopted at Chicago, said: ‘•Within these few lines there is the most extraordinary confession ot guilt ever made by a political party, and of the most fatal import to those who are responsible for the evils it condemns. The inequalities here admittedto exist in a system of tariff taxation were Slaced in the law more than twenty years agoy the Republican party, and have remained there ever since. Dess than two years ago, in the Forty-8?venth Congress, that party went through the wod of tariff ircvision, and a^jUill purporting to accomplish that purpose became a law in March, 1883. Still ‘the inequalities of the tarilT remain. The admission of that fact is made of record. The burdens of taxation are unequally placed on the labor ami productions of the country. A greater crime than is here confessed can hardly be committed against the people. Long years of opportunity to correct this enormous evil have been neglected. Uuder Republican tariff legislation monopolies on every hand had waxed fat an t grown io giant proportions while labor has often cried for bread, and cried in vain. What scenes have we beheld during the last few weeks in Ohio and Pennsylvania? Have they been scenes of comfort, protection and prosperity to the laborer? Destitution, idleness, riot, bloodshed and vlo’once, rather than remunerative wages and plenty of work, aro some of the fruits of that policy which the party in power has indicted on the laboring Olasses. “The next pledge in this remarkable taril plonk of the Republic in platform is ‘to reduce the surplus.’ Who made that surplus in the Treasury and wheredid it come from? It came lrom the pockets of the people and is not needed for the expenses ot the Government. Itfis tho result not only of unequal taxation, but also of taxation wholy unnecessary uml beyond any public or legitimate demand. Tho exact amount of this surplus rovenue in tho Treasury is difticu't to ascertain. Major Galkins, the Republican candidate for Governor, stated it, I believe, as high as 30,000, ami seems to take pride in the fact that his par y has extorted from tho taxpayers of tho United States so large a sum of money for which the Government has no need. He regards this idle, dead money in the vaults of the Treasury as a blessinsr. He is mistaken in his philosophy of Government. It is not a blessing; it is a curse. It should not be these; it should be in circulation in tho hands of the people It is active money whichqiromotes the general welfare. The miser’s hoards do no one any good, while tlu busy dollar brings joy and re ief. The business interests of this couutry a: the present moment are painfully in need of more active, busy money than is now in circulation. There id financial peril near at hand, and for this per.I the Republican party has made itself responsible by draining hundreds of millions of money from the channels of active trade into the vaults of the Treasury—there to lie in useless repose as an evidence of tho folly ami cnme.of utmecssary taxatMn.” Senator ooraecs spoke or the efforts of the Repub « ans to build up a navy in the iollowi»tr Itininiaim. -A

“The Republican party in its successive administrations since the war has taken from the Treasury nearly J&SO.OOb.OOJ of money on account of the navy, ami there is not.one good ship this hour to show for it ail. Would you expect me to vote still further millions for the same purpose and to the same party? In the Republican platform tke'restoration of the navy to its old time strength and efficiency is demanded with great zeal. Why has it not already been restored? Has the Navy Department been a robbers’ roost, where money was obtained but not expended for the public service? At any rate, the country has lost confidence. and the appropriations’will be cutdown for that department as low as possible until there is-a change. I deny, however, that a great navy in tinje or pence is the true policy of the Government, any more than a stand* ing army. Every once in a while a clamorous appeal is made in Congress for stum ndous sums or money for ships, guns and tortiticaRons. These appeals during Republican ascendancy have generally been heard just on the eve of a Presidentiai election. One was made very earnestly in the last session of Congress: if it had been successful the corruption fund of the Republican managers iu the present canvass would have been much large r than it is. Continuing, Senator Voorhees said: ' “It is a singular and fatal fact that on every question of public policy mentioned in its National platform the Republican party stands sell-condemned by its own conduct and history. It denounces as a great wrong the grant of large tracts of the public lands to corporations, after having granted nearly 200.U0U.000 i f acres. It dec arcs these lands a heritage for actual sett'er-*. after having given all the most valuable to railroad corporations, '“p' It demands the speedy forfeiture of all land ^ grants which have lapsed by reason of noncompliance ot their conditions, when, in fact, w.th full power for many years, the Republican party has never forfeited a single acre., It was left for a Democratic house t> begin this work in the last session of Congress. A Democratic Committee on Public Lands, with my Democratic colleague, Mr. Cobb, ns its chairman, prepared and reported bills which passed the House, forfeiting nearly 50.010.6 )0 of acres. These t>ilis were sent to the Republican Senate and not touched. Other bids for — the forfeiture of large grants were report** I by the committee, and are on the House calendar for action nea:t winter. “The Republican platform declares that M American c.tizens by adoption must have the same protection everywhere which is secured to American citizens by birth, white ut the same time the Republican party, and conspicuously its candidate for President, has, without Drotest or notice of the outrages, permitted the Rritish Government to arrest on suspicion and imprison without accusation or trial, and without limit as to duration, any naturalized citizen of this country, if a native of Ireland, and found in that unhappy land. History is made up on this question. While James G. Blaine, as Secretary of j£t ate, was ordering a national salute at \ orktown in October. 1881, in honor of the British flag, that same Mag as the hated emblem of more than seven centuries of accursed tyranny, was waving in insolent triumph over British jai’8 iu Ireland, wherein lay McSweenoy and other •subjects,’ and wherein Boynton, a Union . soldier, went blind;aU of whom were American citizens by adoption,and not one of whom received the protection of his Government.

*»U| *»• u iuoms IUI inc ^ i vat »uu saumi subject of pensions to illustrate the full ireasure of fraud and false pret-nse of wliictWYhe Itepublieun party Is capable in its utterances before the people and m its official conduct. In its platform it pledges itself to repeat the •limitation contained in the Arrears act or 1879, so that all invalid soldiers shall share alike, and their pensions begin with the date of disability or discharge, and not with the date of application. Why was that limitation 0 on a soldier's pension arrears ever found in the laws oT the United States? Because the Republican party in Congress put it there and kept it there. It was originally placed in our pension system, trith all its cruel anvl-inftim-ous injustice, by Republican Pension Committees. enacted by a Congress Republican in both Houses, and approved and signed by a Republican President. And now, when tbe ghosts of tbe dead, who died waiting, and in want of their just dues, out off by this Republican statute of l imltat ons. come back to reproach the authors with their treachery and crimes, the leaders of the Republican party cry out with tenor, with uplifted hands and starting eyeballs; “Thou canst not say we did it: we arc in favor of its repeal.’" The speaker paid his respects to the Republican Presidential candidate in the following words: “l have no wish to assail Mr. Illaiuo, nor need I do so. Twenty-four hours in your presence would not be time enough in which to read Republican testimony, and that alone. * of bis frightful unfitness to be President of the United States. He Is the same man of whom several Republican newspapers said: •Wo make no personal war upon Mr. Blaine. His public record condemns him, and it would be the very madness of the moon tor the Republican party to go to the country under his leadership.’ And again: -It ia perfect nonsense to talk of making him (Blaine* the Republican candidate for President. The party can not afford to be placed on the defensive and go through the campaign explaining, denying and defending the wild-cat railroad stock speculations of anybody. Mr. Blaine is smart enough to see that be would be disastrously beaten and hts party probably ru ined.* “But why pursue tbe Republican proof further? Blaine has not changed in his chart aider nor in his methods, nor have tbe editors of these papers changed their estimate of him. Their support of him now .does not mean that he has reformed, but that they hare, from party necessity, accepted him just as be was when they denounced him as more fit for criminal punishment ihan for political promotion. “The issues between the parties and the candidates are made up, and I leave them tor you to decide, as you shall answer to isu conscience, your couriry, and your U**»‘