Pike County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 17, Petersburg, Pike County, 13 September 1888 — Page 1

PIKE COUNTY DEMOCRAT PUBJISHED EVERY THURSDaI. *> Fbron*y*ar. Foraxwontbr. TERMS OF SUIUCBIPTlOlli .«> *| ( INVARIABLY ill ADVANCE ' ADTEKTWtKO RATESi e« (• lin*9». one Inwruon.|l 00 eh additional insertion.. * gj A HlierM reduction made on adrertloementa nnnlin. tbirti n*. »nd twelve month*. »nd transient advert iwmcnti inuet be •Me tor In ad vane*. J. L. Momrr, Proprietor. ‘Our Motto is Honest Devotion to Principles of [Right.’ OFFICE, over 0. E. MCHTGOMEBt’S Store, ftiu* Street, VOLUME XIX. PETERSBURG, INDIANA, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 13, 1888. NUMBER 17. gTimn?ia^aasa rr.im. PIKE COUNTY DEMOCRAT | '-•” 1 1 ■ ■ ■ -»■ ■ ■ JOB WORK OF ALL KINDS Neatly Executed —ATREASONABLE BATES. NOTICE! Peraoni rcoMrfojr a copy of this paper with tM* notice crosaed In lead pencil arc notified that the time of their aubacnptiou has expired.

riiurtisstoxAr. hakims. R A. Kl7rT ~ Attorney at Law, I ETKRSBimo, ISD. OSIce: Ov>?r J. It. Adams & Son’s I>r«K Stork Mo i« also a member of the United States Collection Association, and gives prompt attention to every matter in which he i» employed. B. P. Kich ahosos. A. H. TATUia. RICHARDSON & TAYLOR, Attorneys at Law, ^ PETERS HU JIG, INO. Prompt attention given to all bnslneaa. A "Notary Putdir constantly in the oiflcc. o/Hcc In ( arpcutft.r Hniiding, 8th and .Main. X W. WJLSOX “ Attorney at Law, PETERSBURG, ISD.

'Hnxncc: Over J. II. Younc & Co.’* Slor*. B.,t'ARi.rro!t. J. II. LaMar. CARLEION & LaMAR. Physicians & Surgeons 1‘RTEUSBURU, 1ND., Will practice in Pike an 1 adjoining rountie*. Ofllue: Rear robin of^IJink building. Uffico hours day and'night. f ^“l»**ease» <i| women and children a specialty. Chronic and difficult cases solicited. ABE I* CASE. M. I) . > Physician and Surgeon . v vklpen, mix W,;: prv- Me#' in Pike and adjoining counties. Calls promptly attended to, day or night Office hours, duy and night tV. V. TotvxsKxn. M.%kt Flkkxk*. Kt»wix S«mt. TOWNSEND,'FLEETS * SMITH^ Attorneys at Law AM SEAL ESTATE AGENTS, l’KVKIWBURG, - - INDIANA. Office, over Gun Frank'* rtorc. Special attention given t»H olfi'CtidiiA, t»uyin r^iitd >cil* log iiitwit, Biainiumg TUleo ami Furnishing Abstract*. K. H. klME, M. 1)., Physician and Surgeon PETERSBURG. IITO. 1 Ofltr-. "M r llarr. u .V Son*. Mom; rr*l«)>nv<- mi >.'V.mh Mini, liner - (iKirf* s.niiti «( Mam. l ull* promptly aft. n I.- I lo. .lay or tilrrlit. * J. li DUNCAN. Physician and Surgeon PETERSBURG, . IN D. <MBm on flr»« floor r»rp»r.f.-r limidia*. H- J. IIAnniS,

Resident Dentist, PETERSBURG, IXI) ALL WORK WAREANTKP. 0. K. Shaving Saloon, J. E TTRKEU, Proprietor. PETERSBURG, - IND. P»rt<ea «i<hinir work Af*n« at their r* rt* 4enc<-« wTU e order- at the * hop. n l»r AdmmV new lm l«! nr. nxar of As\ tins ft >oti • drut; rto** CITY HOTEL. Under New Management. It. A- McMI'KIIAY, T*i»pfi..tor. Cor. t'-lgliili ami Mnin-Ms .opp.rourt-liouae, /•KfKKSHUnu, IXI>. Tin- r'lty Hotel la centrally lortlel. l'lC'l claa* In all It. appointment*. ami Ute beat an<l cheapest hotel In the city. Sherwood House, I'mler N>w Manajr m-nt. B1SSKLL & TOWNSEND, Prop’ra. Kirst ami locust Mtvrla. Evansville, : : Indiana. RATES, $2 PER DAY. Samplo Rooms for Commorciai Mon. HYATT 1 lOLTSE, WatUafton. Ind. Centrally Kocatrd. and Accommodation* >lt*t-claM HENRY HYATT. Proprietor. NEW (* HI ST MILL ! MAKE MEAL AMD CHOP FEED,

■o Grind* Krerr SATURDAY ut ' A. E. Edwards’ Farm. tMfefftctloa (iaaranteed. Tour r»trni»*f» Solicit rtl. A. E. EDWARDS. When tt Washington Stop at the MEREDITH HOUSE. Fipt-Cl&ss in All Sespecta. Mu. Lavas Hunts and Autos Uomum. l*roprtetor». HOTEL ENGLISH, Northwest M<le Circle Park. i bolldiax is lBdiao»fK>li*..Oae at bolr.l for the pnec* charged to

NEWS IN BRIEF. Cmapiled from Varioas Smutch

' CGKGRH4SI0KAI. PROCEEDINGS. W the Senate, on the Sd, an animated discus »lon took place between Senators Vest uwd Plumb. The bill absolutely restricting Chinese immigration, which had lu«! passed the House, was taken Bp nnd discussed at length. but finally went over without action.In the Hqnso, Mr. Scott, by Unanimous consent. Introduced n bill supplementing the act approved May #. 1(88, to execute certain treaty stipulations relating to the Chinese, which was passed without dtrision. Bills were Introduced to punish persons connected with trusts and to place cotton banging on the free list, ♦be House refused to consider the conference report on the Sundry, Crril bill; and sn nttempt was made to put the Oklahoma Mil on Its passage. but CO quorum appearing the House ad ipurned. IX the Senate. t>h the Itb. discussion of the Chinese blit was continued, but without action. Senator Cullom introduced a resolution detlnIng trusts and declaring them unlawful, which was referred to the finance committee. Heated colloquies took place between Senators Vest and Plumb and Messrs, lllalr and Reagan, while Mr Teller received a reminder from the Chair for an attack unon a memberof the other house -In the House. Mr. Kelley created a sensation by introducing a resolution directing the special committee investigating the construction of the new library building to inquire whether any member of th > House hod fought, by improper or corrupt means, to influence the architect to accept material to be used In the construction of the building. * lx the Senate, on the Mb, Mr.' Sherman of ‘ferial a resolution, which way adopted, calling upon the President to inform the Senate whether the recent treaty with China had been ratified by the Kmpcror of China. The Senate resumed consideration of the Chinese b 11, and a vote on the final passage of the lull resulted, ayes, *!; nays, 0; but as therr was no (Juorum present, and no chance of securing one. the Senate adjourned without concluding the vote __In the House,the Senate amendments to the Fortification bill were non-concurrcd In and a conference ordered. Mr. Oates introduced a concurrent resolution providing for the final adjournment of Congress on the Jith. The House then look up and passed the bill to limit the jurisdict on of I'nited Slates district and circuit courts, and then resumed consideration of the Retaliation bill. IN the Senate, on the 6th. after some umm • portaut matters had been disposed of. the Chi-, nesc Exclusion bill was taken up. and Its dts- ■ ensston occupied the remainder of the session, ! Messrs. Sherman and Platt pleading for delay until definite information as to the rejection ot the-treaty by the Chiueso Government could be obtained. A vote being-taken. resulted: Ayes, ■, *7; nays, none—uoquorum It was then agreed ] that a final vote should be taken at one o'clock on the Tib In the House, an acrimonious de- j bate between Messrs. Scott and Hruram intorferrod mater.ally with the business of Ihc ! body, after which Mr. Scott proceeded with his ! spe.wh in support of the Retaliation bill, occu- t pyiug the remainder of the session. In the Senate, on the 7th. tne Chinese F.xclu ■ion bill was passed by an almost unanimous i vote, and then almost immediately hung up by a motion to reconsider its passage, which mo- i t ion, for tack of a quorum voting, was not decided tip to the hour of adjournment. The bill sraa taken up a tew axilnutes alter the Senate Convened.. Mr. Vest formally withdrew his statement, made in a. speech in the Senate a f.-w days previously, that seven Chinamen had te en naturalised in Indianapolis under the directum • f Mr. Harrison's taw partner. In the House, the whole day was taken up in consideration of the Retaliation Mil.

PKKkON AL AM) POUTICAIe The Duke of Sparta is very popular in IWrJin, aud|bis betrothal to the Piincess Sophie is said Jo give unfeigned pleasure. The Vienna papers regard the event as of political Importance. It 1* reported that Captain J H. Peterkin, of Columbia, K. C., has ordered extensive machinery for the purpose of making wood bagging for cotton, to take the place of jute He asserts that lie will be able to make gOO.OflO feet a day and furnish it at five cents a yard. It he is successful the' Cotton Bagging Trust will i amount to nothing. As order has been issue 1 by Oensral Booth to the Salvation Army in England aud America for the observance' of a week of self-denial for the benefit of the cause. From the accumulated savings of the army during tins period the General expects t.» real!is S'- ON. SECRETARY or THE INTERIOR W M. F. Vilas opened the Democratic campaign in Wisconsin by a speech at Milwaukee, on the Mb. 1 Ox the ,’ith W. I* Scott was unanimously nominated for Congress by the Democratic convention at Union City, Pa. His course in Codgress was indorsed by emphatic resolutions. Jt-DuE Net, of Iowa, lias rendered a decision that under the Prohibitory law of that State a man can not lawfully manufacture cider for u»e in hts own family. Speaker Carlisle did not attend the great Democratic meeting in New York on the 6th. As teik result of an irreconcilable split in the convention, two candidates for Congress were placed iu domination by the Tenth New Jersey Democratic Congressional conveutioa, oa toe fi h. Ir is said that August Belmont offered Bryant, owner of Proctor Knott, SD.OJO for the now famous colt, with a' contingent of £10,000 additional if he won the Futurity stake. The Duke of Edinburg, it is reported, in an Interview with the Sultan, discussed the question of the passage of an English fleet through the Dardanelles in the event of Russian occupation of Bulgaria. Ur the 5th Surgeon-General Hamilton returned to Washington from his visit to Atlanta and Caiiip Perry. Fla. Is answer to an appeal from the yellow fever-stricken people at Jacksonville, Mayor Hewitt of New York issued a proclamation in thtir behalf on thedlh. I.kstkr Wallace, the actor and theatrical manager, died at Stamford, Conn., on the 6th. SrKGKOx-OKJtERAL Hasultox l» reported in constant receipt of telegrams from the municipal officers of Southern cities indorsing his plan ofaction. A paper written by Count De Lesseps was read recently before'the British Association at Bath, England. The Count declares that ho is confident of complet- j ing the Panama canal, to contain teu locks, by M Lord Claxricariik. it is announced, is completing the work ef eviction on his estates by leveling to the ground the honses of tenants who have been evicted. Ur to the 6th the Parnetl fund in Ireland amounted to £1,$H. Archbishop Walsh has forwarded to the National League £1.53^, sent from Americk Australia and New Zealand, to be applied to the relief of evicted ten- * Ox the 6th the announcement was made that James Redpatb, of Abolition fame, and now editor of the .Vorth Anwrie in Re - vine, was married, on the 1st, to Mrs. Corpenning, tbs widow of Major Cqrpenning, of New York. The lady is well known in Washington society. While attempting to address the great Democratic meeting in New York City, on the 6th, Judge Thurman waa taken so Ul tbarake had to be assisted to bis hotel, where he was placed in the hands of a pltysici&n. AT Jackson, Mich., on the 6th. Manly M. Walker was arrested, charged with fraudulently securing campaign funds | from Democratic post-office employes, j The papal nuncio at Brussels has been instructed by the Pope to aid Cardinal Lavigiererto convoke an international conference on the suppression of slave trading. His Holiness promises to send legates to the conference. Bauch Opprxheihe*. of Cologne, Germany, la reported to have subscribed 14,000 marks to the Emin Bey relief expedition fund. stipulating that the money shall be used for relief and not for colonisation purposes. Bk . %. i mSffljjjk

ConoresS’IAN Scorn df jPdduylkatli*; has decided, Mi a'ceeplt tod dhaninious uoulluakih.i far re-election to Cingrois tendered him by the Democrats, on the 6th. 1 A Washington dispa’cb says that th™ early resignation af Secretary Whitney is locked loir among high Government officials. Ox the 6th Dr. H- B. Deals was horsewhipped by Dr. McKone, a rival hospital physician, at Washington.for criticism of the latter's treatm ml of hospital cases. The President signed the Jfival Appropriation bill on the fth. A German sejdadron has been ordered to Athehs to salute King George on the twenty-fifth anniversary of his accession to the throne of Greece. Tab announcement of the betrothal of the Duke of Sparta, the son of King George, to Princess Sophie of Prussia, has filled Greece with joy. After his attack at the Gilmore Garden meeting, on the 8th, Judge Thurman slept well all night, and awoke much refreshed in the morning. Mrs. Harriet Brkchrr Srowa was reported seriously ill at her summir residence in Sag Harbor, N. Y.. on tbo 7th. She is inker seventy-seventh year. Owino to Teeiner’s inability or nnwiitiuguess to secure backing for a race with Wnr. O’Connor, of Toronto. Ont., the latter claims the title of champion of America. On the 7th Secretary I.amont refused to affirm or deny the statement credited to ex-Representative Burleigh, of New York, that President Cleveland had determined to modify” hisi position in regard to a reduction of the tariff to conciliate th? protectionist wing of the Democratic party. On the 6lh Minister Denby telegraphed from Pekin, Citina: ‘Treaty postponed for further consideration.” President Iirtr. of the S-. Pant, Minneapolis & Manitoba railroad, knows how to do the right thing. He made his daughter Mary, who was married, oa the 6th. to Mr. Samuel Hill, of Minneapolis, a wedding present of $200,000. On the 6th General Horace Eldridge. a prominent Mormon, aged seventy-two, died at Salt Lake City, mourned by three wives and a mi merous posterity.

CRIMES AND CASUALTIES. It is reported that forty-six people were dr. >wned slid 199 houses destrovdd inn recent inundation At Mavossgori, caused by a terrific storm at Tokushima, in the province of Awa. on the 4th ult. Near Dummy Light, Lake Erie, Captain Henderson of l he schooner Colonel Cook and his wife were drowned, on the 4th, by the capsizingolf their boat in which they were about to leave the schooner, which had sprung a lc ak. Os the 31 H. A. Gilluer, a farmer living near Columbus,, Inrt., was arrested on the charge of forging the name of a wealthy farmer, Levi Boyer, to two notes amounting to $tV>. It is said that Gillner’s forgeries will exceed $1,930. Bernard Rkjiroth. who claimed to be a soldier nuder Napolyon in his campaign in Russia, anti to halve participated in the disastrous retreat from Moscow, died, on the 2d, in the Lehigh County!Pa) Aims House. H > had beeu a peddler-in this country tor fifty yesirs. At Tiffllt, O., a practical joker painted a sleeping man’s face with marking paint, a few days ago. The caustic in the mixture burned deep lines in the man’s face, and may cost him his eyesight. In a mad panic at Coney Island. N. Y„ on the night of the 3J, at the destruction by lire of the pyrotechnic spectacle of the great “Fire of Loudon,” a number of persons were trampled nuder foot and several were seriously injured. In a collision between two express' trains between Marseilles and Turin, France, on tile 5th, twelve persons were killed and a large number injured, many of them fatally. While making a frantic effort to save her children from her burning home, a Mrs. Grant, of Winnipeg, Man., was burned to death, on the 4th. Secretary List of the Duckworth Building Association, of Cincinnati, is said to be a defaulter to the - extent of $23,090 or more, which he has spent in fast living, lie has fle’l. Fire destroyed the greater portion of the village of Cattaraugus, X Y., on the 5th. In Jackson County, lnd.. on the Stb.jt threshing-machine boiler exploded on the farm of Wro. Bennett, causing the death of three man and the serious injury of five others, se Seventy-five men were thrown oat of employment by the burniug of the Dewey Stave Company’s factory, at Hoyt's Corners (X, on the 5th. General William Terrt, the commander of tile famous Stonewall brigade at the close of the late war. was drowned, op'the night of the 5th, near Wytbevilie, VV-. while attempting to ford a creek in a boggy. The creek was swollen by recent rains and swept the horse from lit* feet. Frairic fires have caused great damage In Edmunds »ml McPherson counties, Dak. The fire burned a strip twenty-five miles long and three mi es wide. A large number of farmers have lost their entire crops and farm buildings. Phiijf A. Hr bek, who stole 529,000 from the Adams Express Company at Banbury. Pa, has been sentenced to three years’ imprisonment. While attending trawls on the Grand banks Duncan McDoitgall and John Tibbetts, of the crew of the schooner F. A. Smith, were lost, on the “th. by the eaptizingof their boat. On the night of the 6lh a y<mng man named George Schoa was instantly killed by jumping from a moving train at L.*eouiptcm. Ka*.

Miscnuntoca. Os the 4th the schoouer Adele Thacketa was reported off the Capes of Maryland, with yellow fever on board aad two men dead. Tnr police have prohibited the holding of a meeting at Mitchelstown. Ireland, oh the; 9th, for the purpose of celebrating the anniversary of the riots at that .place. It is announced that the Furnellite members of the British Parliament have ref-ised to have any farther connection with the Cork branch of the National League on the grounds that the Fenian element in it: controls i ts action. The Manitoba Legislature has adjourned till October 1. without taking action on the H udson Bay railroad question., Ow the 4th the sub-committee of the Senate finance committee considered Senator Sherman’s bill declaring unlawful all treats and combinations for the restraint of trade and production, hut took no action on the matter. The Catholic Diet opened at Freiburg^ Germany, on the 4th. The chief topic for consideration, as announced bv Herr Windthorst, wasr the present position of the Papal 8re. It is reported that an American bank is to be established in the City of Mexico. PlsparcHis from Melbourne, Australia, state that in a test action in the Supreme Court, a Chinese emigrant sued the government for prohibiting him from landing, A majority of the judges decided in favor of the plaintiff. The ChiefJustice dissented. Os the 4th a delegation of Knights of Labor were before the sub-committee of the Senate finance committee to protest against the use of steam presses f ir tin pointing of Halted States notes, bonds, stamps, etc. A WasawsTon dispatch savs the Yfai Department is greatly exercis rd over the

k\ Staton; Pa.; the fdrnaee employe* stricfc-on the 3’i; for ad adtatice df t*ed-ty-five espts per. day. Os the 4th lie California delegation to the National encampment, G. A. R, at Columbus, O., reached Portland. Ore., where it was joined by the Oregon delegation and proceed 'd eastward to meet the Washington Territory delegation at Tacoma.

hie casting or tne prow o; inn uew United States cruiser San Franeisdo had I been rethoved from its bed, and found td be % complete success, It *as tnade uy the Union Iron-Wdrks of San Francisco. The telegraph operators along the Una of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railroad, it is said, hare been notified to sever their connection with the Order of Railway Telegraphers or vacate their po* sitions. Tins bark Jaeoblnl, from Colon, is detained at Quarantine at Sew Orleans with her captain and all her crew down with chagfes fever. Her second mate ! died on the voyage. Os th? 6th there were 145 yellow -fever patients at Camp Perry, near Jacksonville, Fla. Five had been returned to Jacksonville for insubordination. In Blackford County, lnd., plowing for fall wheat has almost ceased on account of continued dry weather, but indicatious arc good for a large yield of buckwheat, i On the night of the 5th a general frost prevailed on low lands throughout Cheshire County, N. H. Chicago, St. Paul, Pittsburgh and New York capitalists, it is said, have formed a rice trust. The latest news from Jacksonville, Fla., continues to be the worst nows. The yellow fever is spreading rapidly. The Sauerkraut Trust, said to have been organized in St. Louis, to control the trade in that commodity, is th> latest thing in trusts. The pickel-makers are thinking of following suit. The number of new cases of' yellow fever reporlod at Jacksonville, Fla., for the twenty-four hours ending at s'x o’clock on the Oth, was forty-six, with ten deaths. Os the Oth an entire family was fonnd dead in a house at Bayard, Fla., a hamlet on the Jacksonville & St. Augustine railroad. It is not known w(iat caused their death. A decree, removing the quara:4ine | upon all vessels arriving in Panama from Chili, and giving tree pratique to all, has been issued by tht^ Governor of Panama. The spinners in the Narragansett mill at Fall River, Mass., went on strike on the 6th, against working overtime to make up a few lost moments. As inquiry has been ordered by the French Government into the reported transportation of slaves in dhows carry- j ing French colors. Should the reports j prove true, the authorities are deter- [ mined to put a stop to the degradation of the French flag by Arab stave traders Jacksonville (Fla.) refugees wil^ not bo allowed to enter Teunessee without a clean bill of health. The remains of forty-six citizens who fell in the revolution of ISIS were recently exhumed at 8ehemnitz and reinterred in a large metal coffin iu the Central Cemetery. Up to the 7th the State Department had received no intelligence of the alleged attack by natives ou the American Consulate at Canton, China. Considerable damage was caused by heavy rains, on the night of the 6th, in Sioux Falls, Dak., and vicinity. Some boys were chased by a crocodile, which had evidently escaped from imy prisonmeut, while swimming in the Hudson river near Troy, S Y. The reptila was caDtured. tJNthe 7th Mayor Hewitt of New York received $1,06X85 in subscriptions for the aid of the fever-stricken inhabitants of Jacksonville, Fla. Portions of Massachusetts and Vermont were visited by destructive frosts on the night of the 6th. Ice formed in the former State. It is reported that the epidemic ot dysentery at Presque Isle, Mich., which has j been raging for weeks past, with over 2 >J j cases and eight deaths, has about ex- j hausted itself. j A resolution favoring the exclusion I from Great Britain of semi-pauper inimi- j grants, unl-ss they are skilled workers of some kind, was passed in the Trades Congress, which assembled at Bradford, Ea- J gland. , Os the 7th thirty silk-weavers who ar- j rivedat Castle Garden were detained for examination under the Contract Labor j law. Tiie Secretary of the Treasury ha* j formally awardeu the contract for the j erection of the Brooklyn Post-office to j Bernard Galiigher for JSOJ.OOO.

CONDENSED TELEGRAMS. | TBr Senate was not in session on the lata I- the House, discussion of the | Ketallation bill was resumed and continued without intermission until half-past ; ftve fc’clock in the afternoon, when the ' bili was passed, the rote being 174 yeas | to 4 najre—Messrs. White (S. Y.), Lind | (Minn.), Bayne and Dalxell (Fa.) voting iu the negative. The nest delegation to wait upon Gen- [ eral Harrison w^l be that of the Iriah- ! Americans of Chicago on the 15th. Jl'Doi Thcan an -gain essayed to address a rast audience, at Newark, N. J., on the 8th. but suffering from n recurI rencty of the attack which overcame him at the New York meeting, on the 6th. was obliged to desist. Tbs London Post emphatically denies the repot t that the late Emperor Frederick’s will Is to be published and asserts that no such document exists. It is rumored in Berlin that Emperor • William has authorised Dr. Bergmann to publish a further reply to Dr. Mackensie’s forthcoming book if necessary. Tin corn crop in Northern Michigan I lias been damaged fifty per cent, by the I drought and recent frost*, j A Lambs’ Jacksonville Relief Association has been foraged in New York City. Gtsmt Habbison received a visit, on j the 8th, from 100 girls and misses of In • dianapolia, tastefully uniformed with red, white and blue ribbons, and carrying ! paper lanterns of the same colors. ! John Robinson’s circus train sustained a rear-end collision at the Way nos Tills [ (O.) water tank on the Little Miami railI road, early on the morning of the 9th. [ Four men were killed outright, one died [ soon after, and seventeen others were In- ! jttred. The damage to property was eati- \ mated at $39,000. 1 Tub Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce opposes the proposed changes is the I grading of wheat I David EL. Bennett, aged seventy-four, a broker in Wall street. New York, was found murdered in his bed at his resiI denco in Jersey City, N. J., on the morn1 ing of the 9th. < Firrr thousand visitors to the Twentyfirst National Bncampinent G. A ft. had congregated at Columbus, O., on the 9th. [ two days in advance of the opening of | the Encampment. t Hon. Chauncbt M. Depbw is homeI ward bound. He is described as pinmp, ' cheerful and much improved by his stay KHomburg. “where he wisely refrained >m taking the waters.” - tbb news of a formation of an English African company creates great interest in Berlin, where the opinion is general that it will be necessary to rectify without delay the hastily drawn frontier lino of Hie German possessions in Africa in order to avoid possible disputes. Ms. Cleveland’s letter of of the nominntioa tendered him 84.

etEYELim) Accept^ The President’s Formal Letter ol Acceptance. A Review of the Political Situation Prom the Democratic Standpoint, witlh tt Comparison Of Part/ Records*

. Washington, Sept it).-The foiiowim* Is the full text of President Cleveland’s letter of acceptance: Washington, Sept. 8.1888. Hon. Patrick a. Cocci ns and Others, Committee. Ex.—G nlltm-n; In addressing to you my formal acceptance of the nomination lo the Presidency of the United States niy thoughts persistently dwell upon the impressive relation of ‘such action to the American people, whose coniidence is thus invite<i,-and to the political party to which 1 belong, Just entering upon a contest for continued supremacy. The world does not afford a spectacle more sublime than is furnished when millions of free and intelligent American citizens select their Chief Magistrate, and bid one of their number to find tbe highest earthly honor and the full measure of public duty in ready submiss on to their will. It follows that a candidate for thid high office can never forget that when tt e turmoil and the strife which attend the selection of its incumbent shall be beard no more, there must he. iu the quiet calm whieh follows, a complete and solemn self-consecration by the people's chosen President of every faculty and endeavor to the service of a confiding and generous Nation of freemen. These tbougtits are

Crortr Gtfv-tand. ntenslflcd by the light of my experience in the presidential office, which has soberly inipi'essed me with the severe responsibilities which it Imposes, while it has quickened my love for American institutions, and taught me the priceless value of the trust of my countrymen. It is of the highest importance that those who administer our Government should jealously protect and maintain the rights of American citizens at home and abroad, and should strive to achieve for our country her proper place among the nations of the earth; but there is no people whose homo Interests ire so great and whose numerous objects of domestic concern deserve so much watchfulness and care. Among these are the regulation of a sound financial system su ted to our r eeds, thns securing an efilcient agency of National wealth and general prosperity:, the construction and equipment of means of defense to insure our National safety and maintain the honor beneath which such National , safety reposes: the protection of our National domain, still stretching beyond the needs of a century's expansion, and its preservation for the settler and the pioneer of our marvelous growth; a sensible and sincere recognition of the value of American labor, leading to the scrupulous care and just appreciation of the Interests of our workingmen; the limitation and checking of such monopolistic tendencies and schemes as interfere with the advantages and benefits which the people may rightly claim; a generous regard and care for our surviving soldiers and sailors, and for the widoirs and orphans of such as have died, to the end that, while the appreciation of their services and sacrifices is quickened, the application of their pen«ion fund to improper causes may be prevented; protection agaiust a servile immigration which injuriously competes with oifr laboring men in the field of toil, and adds to odr population an element ignorant of our institutions and laws, imiiossthic of assimilation with our people, and dangerous to our peace and welfare: a steadfast adherence to the principles of Civil-Service reform and a thorough execution of the laws passed for their enforcement, thus permitting to our people the advantages of business methods in the operation of their Goverment: the Siaranty to ocr colored citizens of all their ghls of citizenship and their jnst recognition and encouragement in all things pertaining to that relation; a firm, patient and humane Indian policy, so that in peaceful relations with the Government the civilization of the Indian may be promoted, with resulting quiet and safety to the settlers on our frontiers, and the curtailment of public expense by the introduction of economical methods in every department of the Government. The pledges contained fh the platform adopted by the late convention of the National Democracy, leaf:to the advancement of these objects and'insure good government—the aspiration of every true American citizen, and the motive for every patriotic action and effort. In ■she consciousness that much has been done in the d motion of good government by the 1 present Administration, and submitting its record to the fair inspection of my countrymen. I indorse the platform thus presented, with the determination that It I am again called to the chu t magistracy, there shall be a continuance of devoted endeavor to advance the into rests ef the entire country. Oar scale of Federal taxation and its consequences largely engross at this time the attention of our ettlxen*. and the people are soaetiy considering the necessity of measures of relief. Our Government is the creation of the people, established to carry out their designs and accomplish their good. It was founded on justice, and was made for a free, intelligent and virtuous people. It is only useful when within their control, and only serves them well when iregulated and guided by their constant touch. It is a free Government because It guarantees to every American citizen the unrestricted personal use and enjoyment of all the reward of his toil and of all his Income, except 'shat may be his fair contribution to necessary public expense. Therefore, it Is not onty the light, hut the duty of a free people, in the enforcement of this guaranty, to insist that such expense should be strictly limited to the a real public needs. It seems perfectly clear that when the Government—this instrumentality created an&maintained by the people io do their bidding—turns .upon them, and through an utter perversion of its powers extorts from their labor and capital tribute largely la excess of public necessities, the creature has rebel ed against the creator, and the master* are robbed bjr their servants. The cost of the Government must continue to be met by tariff duUcs.coilectetl at our custom-houses upo: imported goods, and by internal revenue taxes assessed upon spirituous and malt liquors, tobacco and oleomargarine. I suppose It is needless to ex]tlain that all these duties and assessments are added to the price of' the articles upon which they are levied, and thus become a tax upon all those who buy these articles for use and consumption. 1 suppose, too. it Is well understood that the effect of this tariff taxation is not limited to tie consumers of imported articles, but that the duties Imposed upon such articles penult a Corresponding increase in price to be laid upon domestic productions of the same kind, v hleh Increase, paid by all onr people as consumers of home product ions, and entering every American home, constitutes a form of taxation as certain and inevitable aa though the amount was annually paid into the hand at tha tax-gatherer. These results are inseparable from the plan we have adopted for the collection of our revenue By tariff ditties. They at e not mentioned to discredit the system, bat bj way ol preface to the statement "hat every million ot dollars collected at our us tom-houses tor duties upon imported article* and paid Into the public treasury, repres uts many millions more.- which, though never reaching the NaTreasury, are paid by our citizens as cost of dorestie productions . *- -- "esse eir cum

of such a scale qf iariff taxzliifeti fc draffs fftrtft the substance of the people a sum largely itf excess yif public aCeds, il stfrely soiiiethfn£ which, under a government based Optfn jhs tice^* and which finds its strength and usefulness ih the faith and trust of the people, ought not to be tolerated. While the heaviest burdens incident to the necessities of the Government are uncomplainingly borne, light burdens become grievous and intolerable when not justified by such necessities TTnnecc#sary taxation is unjust taxation* and yet th*§ i§ diircdndHtfiM we are annually Collecting ai dur cusioni-hciisdS afid b£ means of tfiir internal revenue taxation, many millions in excess bf all legitimate publife needs. As a consequence there lioit rehiainS in the National Treasury a surplus ot mord than one hundreTand thirty millions of dollars. No better evidence could be furnished that the people are exorbitantly taxed. Tho extent of the superfluous burden indicated by thiS sur* plus will be better appreciated when it is sug- j gested that such surplus alone represents relation aggregating more than one hundred and eight thousand UoiiarS i8 ft country containing fifty housand inhabitants. Taxation has always been the feature of organised government the hardest to reconcile with the jJeop!e;s ideas of freedom and happiness. Wheii presented in ft direct form, nothing will arouse popular discontent mor£ qihftjtljt and' profoundly than unjust and unnecessary taxation; farmers, mechanics, laborers and all our citizens closely scan the slightest increase in the taxes assessed upon their lands and other property, and demand good reasons for such increase. And yet they seem to be expected, in some quarters* to regard the Unnecessary volume of insidious and indirect taxation visited upon them by our present rate of tariff duties with indifference, if not w.th favor. The surplus revenue now remaining in the Treasury not only furnishes conclusive proof of unjust taxation, but its existence constit utes a separate and independent menace to the prosperity of the people. This Vast accumula* tion of idle funds represents that much money drawn from the circulating medium of the country, which is needed in the channels of trade and business. It is a great mistake to suppose that the consequences which follow the continued withdrawal and hoarding by the Government of the currency of the people are not of immediate importance to the mass of our citizens* and only concerns those engaged ih large financial transactions. In the restless enterprise and activity which free and ready money among the people produces, » found that opportunity for labor and employment, and that impetus to business and production, which bring in their train prosperity to our ci izens in every station and vocation. New ventures, new investments in business and | manufacture, the construction of new and important works, and the enlargement of enter- ! prises already established, depend largely upon obtaining money upon easy terms with fair security; and all these things are stimulated bv an abundant volume of circulating medium. Even the harvested gram of the farmer remains without a market, unless money is forthcoming for its movement and transportation to the seaboard. The first results of a scarcity of money among the people is the exaction of severe terms for its use; increasing distrust and timidity is followed by a refusal to loan or advance on any terms. Investors refuse all risks and decline all securities, and in a general fright the money still in the hands of the people is persistently hoarded. It is quite apparent that when this perfectly natural, if not inevitable, stage is reached, depression in all business and enterprise will, as a necessary consequence, lessen the opportunity for work and employment, and reduce salaries and the wages of labor.

Instead, then, of being exempt from the Influence and effect of an immense surplus lying idle in the National Treasury, nur wage-earners and others who rely upon their labor for support, are most of all dtrectiy concerned In the situation. Others, seeing the approach of danger, may provide against it, but it will find those depending upon their daily toil for bread unprepared, helpless and defenseless. Such a state of affairs does not present a case of idleness resulting from disputes between the laboring man and his employer, hut it produces an absolute and enforced stoppage of employment and wages. In reviewing the bad effects of this accumulated surplus, and the scale of lariff rates by which it i- produced, we must hot overlook the tendency towards gross and scandalous public extravagance which a congested treasury induces, nor the fact that we are maintaining, without excuse, in a time of profound peace, substantially the rate of tariff duties imposed in time of war, when the necessities of the Government justified the imposition of the weightiest burdens-upon the'people. | Divers plans have been su ggested for the return of this accumulated surplus to the people and the channels of trade. Some of these devices are at variance with all rales of good (loanee: some are delusive: some are absurd, and some betray by their reckless extravagance, the demoral zing influence of a great surplus of public money upon the judgments of individuals. While such efforts should be made as are consistent with public duty and sanctioned by sound judgment to avoid danger by the useful disposition of the surplus' now remaining in the Treasnry, it Is evident that if its distribution were accomplished another accumulation would soon take its piace, if the constant flow of redundant income was not checked at it* source by a reform in our present tar:ff laws, i We do not propose to deal with these conditions by merely attempting to satisfy the people of the truth of abstract theories, nor by alone urging their assent to political doctrine. We present to them the propositions that they are unjustly treated in the extent of present federal taxation: that as a result a condition of extreme danger exists, and that It Is for them to demand a remedy and that defense and safety promised in the guarantees of their free Government. We believe that the same means which are adopted to reliere the treasury of its present surplus and prevent Its recurrence, should cheapen to our people the cost of supplying their dally wants. Both of these objects we seek in part to gain by reducing the present tariff rates upon the necessuries of life. We folly ap; reclate the importance to the country of our domestic Industrial enterprises. In the rectification of existing wrongs, their maintenance and prosperity should be carefully and in a friendly spirit considered. Even such reliance upon present revenue arrangements as have been Invited or encouraged should be fairly and justly regarded. Abrupt - radical changes, which might cndapger such enterprises and injuriously affect the interests of labor dependent upon thetr success and continuance, are not contemplated or intended. But we know the cost of our domestic manufactured products is increased atgl their price to the consumer enhanced by the duty imposed upon the raw material used in their manufacture. We know that this increased cost prevents the sale of our productions at foreign markets in competition with' those countries which have the advantage of free raw material. We know that, confined to a home market, our manufacturing operations are curtailed, their demand for labor irregular. and the rate of wages paid uncertain. We propose, therefore, to stimulate our domestic industrial enterprises by freeing from duty the imported raw materials which, by the employment of labor are used In car home manqi.'actures. thus extending the markets for their sale and permitting an increased and steady production, with the allowance of abamlant profits. Trite to the naderiattag course of the Democratic party, we will not neglect the Interests of labor and our workingmen, la all efforts to remedy existing evils, we wilt furnish no ex-su-c lor the loss of employment, or ths reduction of the wages of honest toil. On the contrary. we propose la any adjustment of our revenae law* to concede such encouragoinent Sgtd advantage to the employers of domestic lw boras will easily compensate for any difference that may exist between the standard of wages which should be paid to our laboring men and the rate allowed in other countries. We propose, too, by extending the markets for our manufactures, to promote the steady employment of labor, while, by cheapening the cost ot the necessaries of life, we increase the purchasing power of the workingman’s wages, and add to the comforts of his home And before passing from this phase of the question I am constrained to express the opinion. that white the interests ot labor should he always sedulously regarded In any modi Ilea, tlon of our tariff laws, an additional and more direct and efficient protection to thoee Inteiestr would be afforded by the restriction and prohibition of the immigration or Importation of laborers from other countries, who swarm upon our shores, having no purpose or intent ol becoming our rellow-citizeas. or acquiring any permanent interest In our country, but who crowd every tteld of employment with unintelligent labor at wages which ought not to sit is

while unduly enriching the few th*t cotfit«*e, rdl) lh« body of onr citizens by depriving them, as jptftefinsdfa, of the benefits of natural eompeiitioff." . fedcii COintrfBations have always Veon ^bnaeinhea <>$• ffc# fwtoucralk party. The declaration of its NatUrtiai efmvewtion f* sincerely made, and no- member til trot party will be found eicSsihg tbt qilsteucC' of belittling the pernicious results of those devices to wrong the people. Under various “nines they bare been punished by the common taw for hundreds of years: and they hare lost none of their hateful features because they have assumed the name of trusts instead of conspiracies. Wfc belief s that these trust* are the natural offspring of a market artificially restricted: (bat an inordinately high tariff, besidet furnisiiiug the temptation for their existence, enlarges the itmif Within trhieh they may dperate against the people, and thhs increases tnff extent of their power for wrong-doing. With an inalterable hatred of all such schemes. w( count the cnfSbiag of their baleful operations among the good restflts promised by revenue reform. While" we can not avoid partisan ffii«r*prnfftnfht'Ofl: ottr position upon the question Of revenue ftfotW *h«Uld be so plainly stated as to admit of no inis'iiicivrets.sffinp. We have enteted upon no crustide of /W* trade. The reform we seek to inaugurate is p;-ffif**te;l apish the utmost care for established Industrie.* anil-fhtefprisesi ft jealous regard for the interests of Amer.fafl ifibof afld a sincere desire to relieve the country ffdtrt th<j Injustice and danger of a condition which IfefPaiPn.* evit to ail the people of the land. VFc art deafiltg With no imaginary danger. Its existence h6* been repeatedly confessed by all pol t'eal partieand pledges Of a remedy have been made oh all sides. Yeti when in tha legislative body, where, under the Constitution all remedial measures applicable Id this subject mttst originate. the Democratic majority Were attempting wnh extreme moderation to redeem the’ pledgS common to both parties, they were met by determined opposition and obstruction: and the minority refusing to co-operate 1n the House of Rejpresentat Ves, or propose another remedy, hnjte remitted the redemption of their party pledge to the doubtful power Of the Senate The people will hardly be deceived by tbett abandonment of the field of legislative action to -meet tn political convention and flippantly declare In their party platform that our conservative and careful effort to relieve the situation is destructive to the American system ot protection. Nor will the people be misled bj the appeal to prejudice contained In the absiif* allegation that we serve the interests of E« rope, while they will support the interests of Anfierlca. They propose m ytbeir platform to thus support the interests of our eoun’ry by removing the internal revenue tax from tohacci and from spirits used in the .vt* and for mechanical purposes. They declare, also, that thc[p should be such a revis on of our tariff lows as i shall tend to cheek the importation of such articles as are produced here. Thus In proposing to increase the duties upon such articles to nearly or quite a prohibitory point, they confess themselves willing to travel backward in the road of civilization and to deprive onr people of the markets for th- lr goods, ' which can only he gained and kept by the semblance, at least, of aa interchange of business, j wtr 1c they abandon onr consumers to the an- j restrained oppression of the domestic trusts ! and combinations which are tn the same plat- ' form perfunctorily condemned. They propose further to release entirely from import duties alljartieles of foreign production except luxuries, the like of which can not be produced ill th s country. The plain- people of the land anil the poor, who seaicely use articles of any description produced exclusively abroad and not already free, will find It difficult to discover where their interests are regarded in this prop esiiton. They need in their homes cheaper domestic necessaries: and th:s seems to ho en- 1 tirely unprovided for in_this proposed scheme to Serve the country. Small compensation tor this neglected need is found in the further purpose here announced and covered by the declaration that if after the changes already mentioned there still remains a larger revenue than Is required for the wants of the Government, the entire internal taxation should be repealed “rather than surrender any part of our' protective system.”

iJTirprujlMJ mu icuri iu'iu tur. uuuur muvi uuneOcssary burden of tariff taxation now resting upon them. They are offered, instead, free tabacco and free whisky. They ask for bread, and they are given a stone. The implication contained in this party declaration that desperate measures are ju?t fieri or necessary to save from destruction or surrender what is termed our protective system, should confuse no lone. The existence of such a system is entirely consistent with the regulation ot the extent to which it should be applied and the .correction of its abuses. Of course. In a country as great as ours, with such a wonderful variety of interests, often leading in entirely different directions, it is difficult, if not impossible, to settle upon a perfect tariff plan: but in accomplishing the reform we have entered upon, the necessity of whjch is so obvious. I believe we should not be content with a reduction of revenue involving the prohibition of importations, and the remoral of the Internal tax npon whisky. It can be better und more safely done within the lines ot granting actual relief to the people in 1 heir means of living, and at the same time giving an impetus to our domestic enterprises anti; furthering our National welfare. It misrepresentations of our purposes and motives are to gain credence and defeat oar present efforts in this direction, there seems to be so reason why every endeavor in the future to accomplish revenue reform should not be likewise attacked and with like result. And yet no thoughtful .man can fail to see in the continuance of the present burdens of the rcop'e, and the abstraction by the Government of the currency of the country, inevitable distress and disaster. All danger will he averted by timely action. The difficulty of applying the remedy will never be less, and the blame sho uld not be laid at the door of the Democratic party if it is applied too late. With firm faith in the intelligence and patriotism ot oar countrymen, and relying upon the conviction that misrepresentation wit) not influence them; that prejMiee will not clond their understanding, and that menace -will not intimidate them, let ns ntge the people's Interest and public duty for tb# vindication of our attempt to inaugurate a righteous and beneficent reform. Grover Cucvxjuand. I__

An Extraordinary Suicide. The suicide in the Rue La Guerre bears the marks of a genius.^ In a room whose windows were ail closed a headless body was found lying upon n | rude guillotine. A note held in one j hand of the dead man said it was use- j less to attempt to discover his identity, j for he had made arrangements which j would prevent the head from ever be- j ing found. Sure enough the body lay j headless in a closed room and the head could nowhere be found. The man j was buried as one unknown, and the j case bade fair to grow dusty in the j pigeon holes of the curator of mysteries. A few days after this event a peasant in a department distant some two hundred miles away was attracted by a peculiar object in the branches of a tree. Impaled by curiosity he examined more closely and found a human head attached by a cord to a small silken balloon. He reported the affair to the nearest sergeant of gendarmerie, and mystery number two was given due prominence. By combination of the two mysteries it became clear how the suicide disposed of the head, which, being restored, served to identify him. But how the bal loon with the head attached escaped from a closed room none have ever been able to explain.—Paris Letter London News. —“Willie, ” sorrowfully observed tbt j little girl to her juvenile adorer, “pupa says I’m too young to have a sweetheart, and I must quit running out and playing with you. He says you mustn’t come here bo much.’1 “I’m not afraid of your papa, Katie,saiii Willie, stoutly. “He needn’t thi nk he can scare me tasause he’s i

THURMAN, l£X. Th« f7rmocn»;ic Demonstration In Nm York b/tj»" ItlliMlof Mr. Hiurman, on Whom ib*> Weight of the Canrum is Bearing TOo Ueurltr for Ufa Years. New York. Sept. 7.—There was a big crowd of people arouttd the Fifth Avenue Hotel curly i t the evening, vailing to see Judge Tbnrmau start tor the mooting at Madison Squire Oirdsn. Tho Jn Ige stayed hi his room so long that people began to wonder what was the matter. When'Ue finally sppeared, h9 seemed quite weak. He leaned heavily upon Chairman Birnum and lua son Alien, and trembled visibly. His body seemed to lean to tbe tight, and his right log dragged a little, as it lie were afflicted with fheumatfaui. He seemed too weak to make an effort- to acknowledge the vociferous eheers of the multitu le. Ho was quickly helped into a carriage with Messrs. Brice, BirnQm an l Allan IV, Thurman, and the start for the garden was made. Carriages routivlnlng distinguished Democrats followed. The short trip to the garden was a triumphal tour, the streets being lined with applauding crowds. Madison Square Garden was filled to oye: flowing within a few minutes after the doors were opened last evening arid (bmvsand* of people were turned away, un»b!e to obtain entrance. The interior of the building pressntod a pleasing appearance, tbe bare rafters aud timbers of former days being hidden by permanent decorations mi a profusion of flags being displayed for this special occasion. To name tbe distinguished pro pic present watt'd praciieally be to same ait the leadiug Democrats of New York and vicinity, together with a large number from other sections of the country. The mostuotable were warmly applauded by ttie crowd as they appeared on tho platform. Governor Hill receiving a lion's share of tho demonstration, Capps's band furnished music to entertain the crowd until eight o’clock, when Calvin S. Brioo mid ltnswoll P. Flower oppeared, closely followed by Mr. Thurman, surrounded bv Governor Hill, Governor Green, Hou. P. A. Collins. Senator Kenan and a number of other prominent members of tbe party. There wiW a tremendous outburst of applause as Mr. l'ho mit was recognized. Colonel Brice called the meeting to order, mid named Mr. Flower as chairman. When the applause subsided, Mr. Flower addressed the meeting, making a strong argument for tho tariff reduction policy. A long list-of vice-presidents was then read aud adopted, and resolutions were read by Colonel W. L. Brown, greeting Air. T.airman and pledging hearty support to tbe National Vket aud platform. These were adopted with a hurrah, and Chairman Flower then introduced Judg» Thurman. There was an ovation lasting several minutes. Judge Thurman standing silent while the applause thundered around hint. When the vast auditorium became quint again, Judge Thuruiau said: I was nominated by the St. Louis convention tor the office of Vice-President of the United States: but, fellow-citizens, Allen G. Thurman is a poor, weak, broken-down man. I hav« beep quite unwell this afternoon, and am in lib condition to speak loan immense audience iibo this. While I speak to you 1 am almost mdu "d to make the effort, but t am really top unwell— * j At this noint Judge Tlmnuvi showed signs of faintness. Tilt gentleman nearest him sprang to his aid and escorted him to a seat at the rear of tho platform, where restoratives were administered, fu a few minutes he recovered sufficiently to be taken by members of tbe committee to bis carriage aud back to the Fifth Avenue Hotel. c

X Jv auuwcu ---; caused a seasatiou' ia the audieuce. There was some confusion, but as soon os it become evident that Ju Ige Thurmaiu could not proceed, and as he was seen leav ng tho building, there were loml cries for Governor Hill, and the Governor was at once introduced by Chairman Flower. Before beginning his speech Governor Hill said Judge Thurman’s sudden illness was a weakness that had cnne upon him but an hour before. Ho took great pleasure in announcing that the illness was not serious, and that Judge Thurman would bo able to proceed to-morrow with toe work laid out for him iu the campiign. i The Governor then proceeded to make a vigorous support of the Admiuistraticn. The speech was frequently interrupted by applause, and at its close there were many cheers for the "next Governor of New York.” Governor Green of New Jersey was then introduced, and in opening his remarks he expressed regret at Mr. Thurman’s temporary illness, and-paid a high tribute to him as “the intellectual giant uho In the Senate was the defender of constitutional liberty, and who, mote than any other man, is looked upon by the Democracy as the exponent of its principles.” Governor Green proceeded^ to eulogiztvthe Administration of President Cleveland and to advocate his tariff poliev. A letter from Senator Voornees was next read, ic which he expressed contideuce for Indiana, and said: Judge Tinirman I love him, and pray God to bless him.” ' Ex- Governor Blackburn, of Kentucky, was tho next speaker, and his vigorous utterances were greatly applauded. While the main meeting was in progress there was a branch' meeting, addressed by eminent Gorman Democrats, at the Fourth Avenue and Twenty-sixth Street corn erof the garden. t Ex-Judge Otterburg presided and spoke. and was followed by Dr. Louis F, Bchneider, General Fran* Slgel and various others, all speaking iu German, A BUsslng Deputy Collector, Oil Citt, Pa., Sept. &—Collector Bigler, of Pittsburgh, chief of{ this Internal Revenue district. was in the city yesterday to institute further search for R. G. Beveridge, deputy collector, who has been mf using sines August 6. It irt thought he has become deranged, but there la another theory—that hs has mot with foul play at the hands of the m >onshlxter distillers—as he disappeared about the time he makes a monthly trip through a wild country where they operate. His accounts are all right A Big Bin Combine. Naur Tome. Sept a—A Times specinl from Chicago soys: “Am extensive combination has been formed of Chicago, S|. Paul, Pittsburgh and New York capitalists for the purpose of handling, milling and marketing rice, with the ultima’e design of controling the entire rice product of the South. There has boen subscribe*: 45,500.000 and an immediate investmenof $200,000 has been made in New Orleans in elevators for the storage of rice, a mill for cleaning and facilities for handling It a* Several meetings of the shareholders bare been held.” Now the Chinese will have to go. Stolen Ballot-Boxes. I,itmjs Rock Ark.. 8ept 6.—A big s ation occurred ia this city this. mori i-ben R became " known that ffice of the county >eon entered last irofcen open and ten r s.; Badge*!, I )wcn. Fouche,