Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 March 1887 — Page 2

The Republican. RENSSELAER. INDIANA. .O. E. MARSHALL. - - runusmat ■ - —————i—

THE NEWS CONDENSED.

THE KANT. It ia believed that the deaths from the Foseet ,Uill (Mass.) railway accident will teach thirty. The condition of a number of the wounded is critical, and the recovery of many of the victims is doubtful. - The business house of Walter E. Lawton, dealer in fertilizers, at New York, was seised by the Sheriff on attachments for nearly $700,000. Lawtou has fled, taking with him all the money he could raise on his real estate ¥ notes of the Delta Azoton Company and other securities, nud also withdrew from different banks large'sums. besides taking money belonging to Ins bookkeeper and other employes. Lawton’s liabilities are said to exceed $.1,000,000... .Pierre S. Milon. an Italian who distinguished himself in Bonaparte's army, died in Philadelphia last week, in his one hundredth year. Cabi, Sohvrz, who broke his left thigh bone by falling in the street in New York, suffers intense pain. He gets little sleep, as it is necessary lor him to lie in one position and keep the left leg subject to tension to prevent it from shortening. The injured bone Was set .and held in place by plaster, which will not he removed until the bone knits. Mr. Scliurz's nge—he is 58 years old—will retard his recovery, and it will be at least a month before he can leave his bed. and it will be several months before it will be safe for him to venture out. * Db. T. N. MuLauAhlix, Physician-m----chief of the Philadelphia Hospital, reports marvelous success in treating consumptive patients according to the formula of a French physician. Patients in the last stages of the disease Lave been given rectal injections of carbonic acic gas, specially prepared, and are dailv gaining flesh, strength, and courage. Their night-sweats and pains have vanished, and their appetittes have returned. Dr. McLaughlin believeß that at last a cure for consumption has been found... The New Richmond Hotel, at Buffalo, and adjoining build ngs were burned eaily on the morning of the 18th inst. It is believed that at least thirty persons lost their lives in the hotel, while a number of others were burned or otherwise injured. The financial losses foot up $400,000... Fourteen days were consumed in a New York court in obtaining a jury for the trial of ex-Aider-man Cleary. The judge decided to sit twelve hours per day, with recess only lor lunch. Miss Constance Osbourne, an aspiring actress, horsewhipped Charles Burnham, the manager of the Star Theater in New Y'ork. She spent $695 in making her debut, receiveli in return $66, and attributed her failure to Burnham The schooner A. W. Thompson was run down by the steamer Idlewild in Long Island sound. Three of the crew were lost \V. E- Lawion, the New Work abscond r, has not been heard from. His confidential clerk, however, has followed him. and upon opening his safe it was found that Lawton had not left a dollar that could be used in the settlement of his personal flflfairp. , t rttiy>ns~nf Buffalo, in view of the obstructions offered to firemen by telegraph wires iu front of the Richmond Hotel, held a meeting and passed resolutions requesting the telephone company to move its cables immediately.

THE WEST.

The Grand Jury nt Chicago has indicted "Wardens McGarigle and Yarn ell, the Wardens of the County Hospital and Insane Asylum; Edward McDonald, engineer of the County Hospital, and It. O. Driscoll, nn employe of McDonald's, for conspiracy to defraud Cook County, and they were arrested on bench warrants. The five “boodlers” indicted by the Grand Jury and arrested at Chicago were released on bail aggregating SBO,OOO. M. C. McDonald, E. J. Lehmann, and others furnished bonds of $30,000 for Warden McGarigle, $20,000 for Warden Varnell, and a like sum for Edward S. McDonald, R. O. Driscoll, and James T. Connolly. In the Illinois Supreme Court at Ottawa, on the 17th of March, arguments were begun in the case 6f the Chicago anarchists before a large assemblage. Leonard Swett, George C. Ingham, and Mr. Zeisler made arguments, each one occupying the full two hours allowed him. An Ottawa telegram says: The Supreme Court Judge* were all present except Cbter Justice Scott, wEd fain California tor his health, and all appeared to listen to the arguments with very close attention. Two or three times members" of the court interrupted with questions. Each Judge had on the circular desk before him copies of the briefs of counsel for both sides, and referred to them frequently during the progress of the arguments. Ou the two tables for counsel in front of the clerk's desk were not only copies of tne briefs but the twenty odd large volumes constituting the lecord aiid a number of law books besides. Behind these legal fortifications sat Attorney General Hunt, btate's Attorney G,rinuell, aiid George C. Ingham, counsel for the State, and Leonard Swett. Capt Black, and Sigmund Zeisler. couneel for the anarchists. Frank Waller and-Mr;-Salomon, alao connected with the case, were present, but only as interested listeners. Mrs. Zeisler Occupied a seat near her husband and took 1 notes. Mrs r apt. Black is in the city, hut did not appear in the court-room to-day. The Supreme Court of lowa has decided to suspend for Bitty days the injunction against operating the International Distillery at Des Moines... .Sh Louis has been designated as a central reserve city under the provisions of the act passed at the last session of Congress. The Polish Catholic church at Detroit, which has been closed for several months,was reopened bnt the congregation refused to allow anyone bnt the deposed priest to officiate, and the result was a number of broken heads.... Ten Mormons sent from Idaho to the Detroit Honse of -Correction on cumulative sentences were last week released by Judge Severas, in accordance with a recent decision of the Federal Supreme Court....D. N. Bash, a United Slates paymaster, was robbed at Antelope Springs. Wyoming, of $7,500, while en rente so Fort Kearney to pay the troops. Henby Wattebson, of the Louisville Courier-Journal, in . the coarse of * recent interview, "Wad he considered Blaine or Sherman the most likely to receive the Republican nomination for the Presidency, and believed that Cleveland was the man who would lead the Democrats up again. ....The bill repealing the State oleomargarine law recently passed by the Missouri Legislature has been approved by Governor Marmaduke The Ohio and Missouri Legislatures have adjourned.

THE SOUTH.

Judge Lafayette Kirk, who recently testified at the national capital touching political outrages, and other citizens of w ' : %■

Washington County, Texas, have been indicted by the United States grand jury, at Austin, for intimidating voters. *, \ invent, the defaulting State Treasurer of Alabama, was captured at Big Sandy, Texas. He embezzled $200,00(1. and there are thirtvuine indictments against him. A committee -of the School Board of Memphis has recommended the expulsion from the Pealtody school of a girl alleged to have negro blood in her veins,.. B. G. Thomas' famous stalliau. King Ban, died last week at Lexington, Kv. He was valued at $95,000. r-s- • Ehr* Fish, aged t", the keeper of a > n Rock Castle County, Ky. (a prohibition county), who had persisted in selling liquor aftersbehad been warned anonymously to quit, was taken from her house and beaten by the vigilantes of the Law and Order Club. As the vigilantes were whipping the croue shots were fired from over the fence and three of the ktiklux ft 11 dead. Their napies are John Long, Walter'Turpin, anti .John Hasty. Rock Castle County lias been infested by n hand of ktiklux for ten years past, anti all efforts to break up the lawlessness lias failed. The old woman, Eliza Fish, has been whipped before by the yigilantes. and her son Was run out of the county for selling liquor. There is much excitement over the affair. A cyclone swept through Tampa, Fla., destroying several houses. Two children were killed, one womnn was fatally injured, and several persons wero severely hurt. The pecuniary loSs is about SIO,OOO. At Abilene and other droughty portions of Texas meetings to pray sot rain are daily held in various churches Captain John V. Carlin, Department Commander of the G. A, It. of West Virginia, and a veteran of the rebellion and Mexican wars, died at his home in Wheeling. The Governor of Louisiana has offered a reward for the conviction of persons implicated in outrages recently committed in the parish of West Carroll against Polish Jews, with the view of driving them out of the community.

WASHINGTON.

SEcHetab? Whitney has decided to proceed at once with the work on the cruisers Chicago-, Boston nud Atlanta.*-. .ExSecretarv Daniel Manning has sailed for Europe. Ho was accompanied hv his wife and (laughter. Mr. Manning said the voyage was taken in the hope that the sea air would benefit his health. He was feeling strong, and the cold he caught in Washington had almost entirely, left him. While in Europe he said he might do a little for the new bank by looking out for suitable places to locate agencies or branches, but that would only be iu his private capacity, nnd not as an officer of the bank. *ExTreasurer Jordan sailed on the same steamer. To meet the demand for notes of the small denominations, the Treasury Department last week shipped $680,000 to the Sub-Treasurer nt Chicago... .Since March 11 the Assistant United States Treasurer at Cincinnati has redeemed 70,000 trade dollars, and applications tor the redemption of 150,000 additional have been filed. ....Ex-Congressman Hall, of Burlington, lowa, will probably be made Commissioner of Patents. A Treasury decision is to the effect that there is no law which allows the free entry of merchandise other than machinery imported from Cannda for the purpose of being manufactured or repaired and then returned to Canada. Senator Sawxeb paid 823.000' for a spacious lot on the corner of Connecticut avenue and Twentieth street, Washington, on which to erect a handsome residence.

POLITICAL.

The Governor of Tennessee has signed the bill submitting to the people a prohibition amendment to the Constitution. The election will be held next September.... The Reapportionment Committee of the Pennsylvania House has decided to make the six Philadelphia districts Republican, thus shutting out Mr. Samuel J. Randall. ....The Union Labor party of Michigan held a convention at Lansing, and nominated for Supreme Jndges-O’Brien J, Atkinson and J.- C. Blanchard.. A BUT -imposing a nominal fine of $25 for pool-selling has been passed by the New Jersey Legislature.. ..The Illinois Senate adopted a concurrent resolution providing for sine die adjournment on the 12th of May.... The repeal of the capital-punish-ment law has been effected by the Maine Legislature, and imprisonment for life is substituted for death in all cases of murder, in the first degree. Such convicts, however, are to be kept iu close confinement away from all associations,- and no -pardon--ing power is left to the Governor und Council unless the convict is proven innocent. The Massachusetts Secretary of State has issued a report which shows that under the law allowing women to vote nt schoolboard elections, which has been operation for seven years, 1,571 voted iu 1881 and 1.911 in 1886. an increase of 34(1. As the female vote of the State is 340,000, it goes to show that less than six women in a thousand avail themselves of the “God-given right,” after they have had Six years’ opportunity. The Arkansas House passed a bill to forbid the mortgaging of unplanted crops. ... .. .The Michigan Legislature has adopted resolutions for the investigation of graveyard insurance companies... .The Arkansas House of Representatives passed the Senate bill regulating railroads. It conforms to the interstate commerce law concerning long and short hauls and pooling, but does not provide for meeting water competition..... Ex-Governor Robinson, Massachusetts, has twice declined a place on the Tnterstate Commerce Commission. It is said tbatexCongressman B. J. Hall, of lowa, is to be Commissioner of Patents. Joseph Roy, lately Postmaster at Merrillon,. Wig-., has been appointed chief clerk of the Postoffiee Department; , .

INDUSTRIAL NOTES.

The demand of the Chicago Typographical Union for 40 cents per 1,000 ems for book and weekly newspaper work has been acceded to by the employers. An expect edatrika or lockout waathus averted. The Illinois House of Repre%mtative&, by ~a rote of 50 to 83, rejected a resolution for the submission of a prohibitory amendment to the people.... The (general Assembly of Virginia is holding ~ an exfim session, mainly to lake action regarding the State debt . . The Rhode Ifeland Republican State Convention renominated by acclamation the. present State officers, headed by Got. George P. Wetmore, The platform favors the readjustment of the tariff, but denounces a horizontal reduction; approves of civil-service reform, and denounces the national administration, and indorses the action of the State Senate in passings a resolution submitting to the eke-

I tors a proposed constitutional amendment abolishing the real-estate qualification us a prerequisite for voting. I The citizens of Rome, Ga., have con- ' Iributed $150,000 toward the erection of an j iron-furnace and rolling-mi 115,.... Coni tracts have been signed by representatives of the Southern Cotton-seed Oil Company, recently organized, for press-room, machinery for eight mills of a capacity of 150 tons each per day. Two hundred and fifty-six lint* rs and twenty hulling machines have also been contracted for, the whole to be delivered in time to work up the coming crop.

THE RAILWAYS.

The General Passenger and Ticket Agents’ Association, in session at Wash- ■ St ington,'adopted a resolution pledging tlie association to a strict adherence to the provisions of the. interstate act. The convention also adopted the recommendation of the National Association of Baggage Agents that 150 founds of baggage be fixed as the limit for each full ticket, nnd nfterwaid adjourned... .The directors, of the Pennsylvania system have directed President Roberts to issue the necessary' instructions to carry out the provisions of the interstate act, prohibiting the issuing of passes to. other than railroad employes A heavy shipper of low-grade base tbnllion front Salt Lake to Pittsburgh, who is likely to be- shut out of Eastern markets bv the operation of tiro short-haul clause of the interstate commerce law, is interviewing railway officials in Chicago, and is being advised to beg relief from the commission to be created ,It is rumored in New York that John Newell will soon resign the Presidency of the Lake. Shore Road. At headquarters in Cleveland no credence is given to the story. The Southern Pacific Railroad Company has issued a circular to agents and shippers notifying them that after March 31 all spe--cial and contract rates will be canceled. The last rumor in regard to the Baltimore and Ohio Itoad is that a deposit of $50(>,l)00 toward its purchase has been made by a syndicate connected with the Hamilton and' 1 >avton Rood. Alfred Sully admits that the Richmond Terminal Company held an option for the transfer of control, but decided not to exercise it. President Adams,of the Union Pacific Railroad, in his address before the Boston Commercial'Club, approved the provision of tho interstate commerce law prohibiting free passes and the long nnd short haul clause, but condemned the non-pooling clause.

GENERAL,

It is stated that fully $500,000 has already been put up on the great ocean yacht race, with the Dauntless as the favorite. ... Sir Alexander Campbell has been appointed Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, vice the Hon. John B. Robinson, whose term has expired. D thing February- tho American Board of Foreign Missions,received over $30,000, but for first six months of the financial year the comparative falling off in legacies amounted.to $38,000. The indications are, however, that the financial affairs of the board will move-in a favorable manner. The Canadian Department of Marine and Fisheries has chartered in Nova Scotia a fast schooner of one hundred tons to be used next summer as a cruiser. Five thousand ]iersous paid $8 admission at San Ilafael, Mexico, to witness a bull light. The bulls refused to fight, and the spectators burst into the ring and attacked the animals arid the matadors. Troops, in suppressing the riot, used sabers and baigmets, und a large number of people were more or less wounded .. c. George Albert Mason, an ox-Govemment detective, reported at Rochester, N. Y., that recently' in the West he became acquainted with three English counterfeiters, who had in their possession plates for making $5, $lO, and S2O silver certificates, and that they also had a quantity of paper like that used by the Government. 11. G. Dux A Co., in their weekly trade review, says; “It is becoming more generally realized that the interstate commerce bill is for the time affecting business unfavorably. ,

FOREIGN.

The Pope has sent to the Czar congratulations oil his escape from assassins... .A public consistory was held in the Sala Regia at Rome, says a foreign dispatch. '“The procession of cardinals, prelates, etc., was a gorgeous affair. The Pope was borne on a sedia gestatoria, flanked with white peacock-feather fans, and guarded by the noble and Swiss guards. When the Pope- ascended ti e- throne -fire eight new Cardinals. Archbishop Gonzales, of Toledo; Mgr. Aloisa Masela, ex-nuncio at Lisbon; Archbishop Taschereau. of Quebec: Archbishop Gihhons. of Baltimore; Archbishop Bernaaou, of Sens; Archbishop l'lnee, of Rennes; Archbishop Langenieux, of Rheims, and Archbishop Giordani, of Ferrara, were presented, and after going through the ceremony of kissing the Pope’s foot-and hand the red hats of cardinals were placed on their heads by the Pope.” Pkagfe advices are to the effect that an earthquake has destroyed therillage of Birkenberg, the inhabitants taking refuge in Prague. .. A destructive fire is reported from Mandalay. inßurmab, by which much property belonging to Europeans and natives was destroyed... .Emperor William, on receiving the French General, Marquis d’Abzac,said: “Tell your compatriots that there is no danger of war. So long as I live I shall Use all my influence to maintain peace.” —The press~of Russia, by appeals 4n behalf of the families of insurgents executed in Bulgaria, has raised 10,000 rubles... sA committee of the French Chamber of Deputies has fixed the import duty oa corn at three francs... .Father Keller, of Youghal, County Clare, was arrested and taken to Dublin for refusing to ‘receive summonses ordering, him to appear in court and answer questions regarding his action as trus:ee nnder the plan of campaign. The Czar is now regarded as holding the key to the peace or ruin of Europe, and there are very grave fears that he may'preeipitate war, if for no other purpose than distracting attention from the aaarchie&l condition of Russia. The only consideration that makes a European peace more probable than a week ago is the fact that Italy has signed the treaty with Germany and Austria. It is stated to be now Bismarck's leading maneuver to induce England to join this alliance too.„. W. S.;Caine, Mr. Chamberlain’s principal lieutenant, who was once a member of a Gladstone Ministry, was hooted, egged, and black-balled a few days ago in his constituency at Barrow-on-Furness for his persistent opposition to Mr. Gladstone. The incident is said to have created consternation among the Liberal-Unionists. The ringleaders of the rioting party prerc ionncrly stanch snppurlsra 61 Mr.

Came, when be was elected by a majority of 1,400. He would scarcely head the poll were there a contest n0w;.... The Pope is stated to be fairly content with the result of his recent intervention with Germany, but the' Reman Cardinals, especially Czaki -and his friends, still fear that the Vatican is patting too much trnst in Bismarck.-.. Father Keller was Saturday driven to court in Dublin in the carriage of the Lord Mayor, On refusing to give testimony as to his custody of money for tenants, he was committed to prison for contempt .... The French Cabinet has decided to raise the sum of 119,000,000 francs to balance the ordinary expense.

ADDITIONAL NEWS.

DB, Z. T. Sowers, one of the most prominent physicians Of Washington, in an interview with a reporter, declares that there is danger that President Cleveland will not hve through his term unless tnere is a change iii his mode of living. Dr. Sowers, six months before Mr. Manning’s illness, made the snipe prediction with legat'd to the Secretary and advised a friend to warn him of his danger. Dr. Sowers says: “-President Cleveland is a large, ! fleshy man, and since he came to the White I House has gained enormously iu flesh, j Now, when lie lived in Buffalo it was his [ habit to take long walks. Since he came ; here, howeyeiv. h ■ has abandoned every form of exercise save carriage-riding. That is of little or no use, with the springs now iu use and the smooth siivets for which Washington is 1 nmou-. The President is a man who works with his head a great de.il; is. in fact, an intense brain-Worker. He is, in other words, a plodder, and his brain is consequently tilled with an excess of blood. What i< the result? He works with his head, eats enormously, an l fails to exercise his muscles; his blood-vessels are weakened, and it is only a question of time when, in a moment of excitement, he bursts a blood-vessel.” The success of a wonderful surgical operation, performed in New Bedford, Mass., nearly a year ago, has just been demonstrated. Seventeen years ago Edward K. Russell met with an accident in which the tendons in one of his legs were severed, rendering the limb useless. Twelve of a dog were transferred to Russell's leg and united with the severed tendons. For ten months after the. operation Russell was not allowed to use his leg, but within a few days he has been. permitted to exercise it. He has now resumed his work, and has complete control of the limb. This is the first time that this operation has been performed in this country, though it has been previously attempted with only partial success. _ Chicago elevators and vessels contain 12,578,003 bushels .of wheat, 8,681,998 bushels of 1,071,608 bushels of oats, 157,719 bushels of rye, and 181,856 bushels of barley; total, 22,671,184 bushels of all kinds of grain, against 18,046,964 bushels a year ago. A bit of political gossip comes from Washington to the effect that Secretary Whitney is in the field as a caddidate for Governor of New York... .E. B. Sellers has been appoin ed United States District Attorney for Indiana, to succeed Mr. Turpie. The brick-makers of the Star Fire-brick Works, at Pittsburgh, have been granted an advance in wages ranging from 15 to 25 per cent. A dispatch from St. Louis asserts that a contract has been signed for the construction of the Missouri Central Road between St. Louis and Kansas City; but not even the names of the contractors are given. A squad of police at Tralee, Ireland, fired upon a band, of moonlighters, killing one of them.... A controversy at Tunis in regard (o burials led all the Hebrew merchants to close their shops, and the City has been placed under military protection.

What He Named the Baby.

“What do you call this fine little fellow ?” asked a political candidate of ~a young father upon whom he was calling in the wilds of Michigan. “We hain’t called him anythin’ yet,” answered the man. “His name is John,” said the wife, indicating, with a nod of her head, her hn-band. “That's good enuft’ fur me,” he answered, with a grin. “I alius liked the name; my father John, ” said the wife. “Well, why not call the boy ditto?” asked the cailer. “Don’t know as there’s any reason in partikeler,” drawled the young father. “I like it fust-rate,” said the wife. So all parties separated well pleased; and the baby was ditto.— De'roit Free Pre*s.

THE MARKETS.

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LIVES LOST BY FIRE.

Flames Speedily .Destroy the Richmond Ilolel and Other Buildings at Buflnlo. Thirty Persons v ßelieyed to Have Been Burned to Death, and Many Badly Injured.

[Buffalo special.] Another calamity has visited Buffalo, The splendid new Richmond Hotel, at the corner of Main and Eagle streets, was totally destroyed by fire early Friday morning, together with tit. James lin.ll und other adjacent property. The most distressful part of ih ■ disa ter is the loss of several human lues. At this writing it is impossible to say just how many persons are killed and injured, but the number is large. The rapidity ot the tire, cutting off all means of escape, ltd some persons to leap for life from the windows. Others got down the fire-escapes or on Ilaves ladders raised by t.,e tire department. The shriekk and cries of ti e poor people in the upper stories of the burning structure wera heartrending. On; man, mad with terror, leaped from a third-story window, and was picked up from the stone sidewalk on Main street a mantled aud bleeding corpse. Several who succeeded in making their escape were badly injured and burned, end some of these, will probably die. Others, more fortunate, escaped with slight injuries. Many of the wounded were Liken to Carney s saloon, and afterward to hospitals. Robert Stafford, Sr., proprietor of the hotel, with his wife, occupied rooms on the second floor, and had a narrow escape. Terror overcame everybody, and even those who escaped in safety were in many cases prostrated by their awful .experiences. There were 125 persons in the hotel, seventy of Whom were transient guests, eight boarders, and the remainder porters, bell-boys, the families of the prop)rietors, and clerks. Twentytwo of these were rescued from the windows by it he firemen, twenty-two are at the hospitals, and a large number made their escape by other means. There is no doubt that at least thirty lives were sacrificed. The spread of the flames is said to have been frightful-in their rapidity,. The ele—vator shaft.served as a flue for the fames, and they rushed up to the top floor in a very few moments. As the guesvs were roused and saw the interior exits cut off’ they turned to the windows. They could be seen in their night-clothes, standing out clear and vivid before the lurid background of the flames. Their screams were horrible to hear, and they could be heard for blocks. The flames spread to the southeast side of the hotel first. The firemen did noble work and' confined the fire to the narrow limits of the three buildings named. Their work of rescue had many exciting incidents. Perhaps the most thrilling escape of any was that of Pres Whittaker, step-son of Proprietor Stafford. He roomed in the fifth story, and when aroused stepped to the window and looked down for a few seconds. Then he deliberately dressed himself aud, emerging from the window, stood on the stone capping above the win-' dow beneath. From this capping be stepped to the next one along the front of the building, and proceeded in this manner to the Hayes truck ladder, at the other extremity of the front. The nerve and coolness displayed were remarkable. Five girls who roomed on the fifth floor made a rope out of the bedclothes and hung it out of the window, but none of them seemed to have the courage to start. At last one of the five took hojd and swung down to a window ledge, from which ’ she was rescued. Three others came down in the same manner, and then the fifth girl started down. She had gone but a little distance when the rope paxtetL and down “she went four stories. Strange to say, she was not killed. Her legs were terribly cut and bruised, her back badly injured, and her face and arms were in a frightful condition from burns. She lay moaning upon a lounge at the Spencer House, begging to be sent home. Her name is said to be Mary Connell.

SHIPBUILDING.

Charles Cramp, of tlie Well-known Philadelphia Firm of Ship-builders. Charley Cramp, as he is familiarly called, of the firm of William Cramp & Sons, is adopting a policy in the American

ship-building line which is meeting with much success. He speaks very encouragingly in reference to the labor situation, and says the men will now be kept busy for an indefinite period. The firm, in connection with other orders, has received onb from the Government, through the agency of Secretary Whitney. Work on- the vessel, which: is to make not less’ than twenty knots an hour, is now in progress. Charley Cramp, iu speaking of dull times, says: “English shipbuilders, when there is J a lack of orders, build ships to be sold to chance purchasers in the future, but we find it better to shut down as soon as the work on baud is completed, but there seems to be no prospect of shutting down, as work usually comes in in time to avoid this. ” The Cramps came before Roach and if they had located on the banks of the Clyde instead of the Delaware they would have built up a village which would have spread their own name aud almost assured them feudal service from the three generations that have worked in their yards.

A YorNG man was conversing in a public: house of his abilities and accomplishments, and ho&stiug a great deal of his mighty performances. When he had t -aished, a Quaker quietly obseryed, “There is one thing thou canst not do; thon canst not tell th« truth." He said her hair was dyed, and when she indignantly exclaimed, “’Tisfalse!” he said he presumed so. When a man takes soda water at this season of the.year, you maybe sure there is something in it.

NOT A SUCCESS.

Senator* Edmunds an J Hale Dednvethe t Administration an Ignominious Failure. Tho Vermont Senator'* Views. f From u Washington Star interview.! Speaking of the administration. Senator Edmunds says: “In all frankness, I must say I do not think it has been a success. Whatever the desires and intentions of those at .the head of affairs may have been, it was impossible for them to follow out a successful policy with the weight of a party so composed upon their shoulders. With such a brood field of administration the President must have others to rely on for assistance, but placing reliance in his party must inevitably lead him astray. With the tremendous pressure of the party Itehina him he has been forced into numerous errors. All Presidents, perhaps, have ma le some bad appointments, but none. I think, have been betrayed as often ns he has in a parte composed of meu who honestly beliive that the interests of the conntry demands thatthev should have control of affairs.' I do not question their honesty in this opinion who think that the end justifies the means- the party workers. The meu who have worked iu the wards and bulldozed nnd stuffed the ballot boxes and claim the rewards are not suitable to perform a public trust. A large percentage of Mr. Cleveland’s appointees have been either incompetent or improper persons; or, being competent, have been rascals. Some of these men he has selected without knowing anything about them; others he has appointed upon the indorsement of members of Congress , of his own party, who have not hesitated to betray bis confidence. With some work a table of -appointments could be made which would show an immense proportion of rascals. Ido not say that it would amount to a majority, but certainly none of Mr. Cleveland's predecessors were as o.ten betrayed. He fans been pulled both ways between his civilservice reform pledges and tho party pressure. Sometimes he has appeared to hold! to one and sometimes to yield to the other. He seems to stand half-way between the two. One day helms declared that a good official who was a Republican should not be disturbed. At another time, ho haa yielded to tremendous party pressure - in something else. But there are Republicans still in office, and I think we should give him credit for what he has done. As in the case of the preacher who was good four days in the week and went oft’ on a lark for two days, we should give him credit for the good there is in him.” “Do you think the Democrats will renominate him?” “Yes; there is no one else they could run*-witli any chance of success. They can’t nominate anyone, else and hope to succeed.” “Would he hold the Republican votes he got before?” “As between two evils they would vote for him. Though he has not lived up entirely to What they understood to be his promises, they may not see Low he could have done belter with his party,- and they may not see where they will find another who would do as well.” “What do you think of the chances of the Republican party in 1888?” “Believing that the Republican party represents tlie best principles of government, and having confidence iu thejutelli-, gence of the people and their ability to discriminate, I expect the Republicans tobe restored to power.” Senator Hale Indulges in Some Plain Talk. (New York Tribune interview.! When asked about the general result of the session of Congress, Senator Hale said: “Theie are two things that have been shown very clearly and stand out distinctly above everything else. One is the niter lack of administrative and legislative faculty on tho part of the-Democratic party, in the first place, and, secondly, the unpatriotic attitude of the Democratic party. It entirely failed iu everything relating to fiscal and| financial legislatiou. Everybody in the country knows that to be the fact, but it could be seen in Washington even more plainly than elsewhere. There was no cohesion iu the party. The administration had no plans or policy of any kind. The leaders in the House had no plans. The leaders in the Senate were equallv without plans. There was nothing that even looked like united action between.the. leaders of the several parfs of the Democratic organization. They did not agree on the tariff, nor on silver, nor upon the treatment of she surplus, nor upon any method of the dis ribution of the surplus by appropriations among the people. “The administration recommended very little for the consideration of Congress. It was apparently given over to the consideration of small things, petty details, and minor matters, let'ing the large affairs of government go. It appeared to have no grasp of the broad ffnesrions'ODfttate'Smansbip. Whenever it made resommeudations it was snubbed, both in the Hotts'e and the -Senate, by ihe Democratic members. This was true on every measure of legislation affecting the business of the country. When we come to the other subject the unpatriotic attitude of the party 3 was displayed by the entire indifference to every measure that affected the national defense and security; On thostri ’ measures it was in pronounced hostility. The President recommended nothing to put the country in a condition of safety; either in respect to the naval establishment or for harbor defenses or for coast fortifications. The House put a veto on everything attempted in this direction. The singular spectacle was presented of the minority—that is, the opposition, aud not the administration—presenting and framing aud pa-sing through the Republican Senate all the measures that tended to national security and defense. This was all the more significant became the moneys appropriated by such legislation were lodged in the hands of tho Democratic administration for expenditure aud the moneys would have been expended by the Democrats; yet the bills failed to become laws because of the opposition of the administration and its adherents in the two branches of Congress. I expect- especially this unpatriotic attitude of the Democratic party and its indifference to national, security and national honor, will become thoroughly understood by the people during the next year, and will become a prominent feature for discussion, in the next Presidential election. There is >%ry little hopefulness in the minds of the Democratic leaders in Congre-s as to the future. They have'very little confidence in the administration.” v Congressman Henderson's Impression*. Congressman D. B. Henderson, of Dubuqne, lowa, in an interview at Chicago said Gov. Hill, of New York, can go to the National Convention in 1888 with the entire Democratic delegation. “I claim that Cleveland is weaker to-day than he was a year ago, and I see no reason: why in 1888 the Republican party cannot march to victory with a man like Allison or John Sherman at the head. Either can cany New York, as both are leaders in our finances— New York’s “hobby.” I feel the general spirit among Re pub icans is to sacrifice selfinterest for party in the choice of a candidate for President."