Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1889 — Page 7

THE NEWS OF THE WEEK.

DOMESTIC. Arizona is a candidate for Statehood. Fifty miners have resumed work in the Spring Valley (Ill.) mines. There is a fight on at St. Louis between union and non union undertakers. The Brooklyn club won the American Association base ball championship. Pending a decision of the over head wire controversy in New York, the city is in darkness. A largejrang of thieves, robbers and cutthroat gamblers are following the Wallace circus through Indiana. Frank Brown, living near Reading, Mich., was called to the door Wednesday night by some one and shot dead. No eJew. Newton W. Nutting, Republican Representative in Congress from the 27th New York district died at Oswego, [Tuesday. His resignation had been in some days. Charles Sanders, a negro, who murdered a white man named Harr, in Clear Spring, Md., near Hagerstown, in a political quarrel two years ago, was captured at Pittsburg Thursday. The South American delegates are becoming surfeited with much banquetting and have asked to be relieved from so dissipation and late hours. • The party proceeded to Detroit Wedncsdaj' night. “Captain Kidd’s Pets” is . the name a jgangof bad boys at Kansas City gave themselves. They were bound by bloodcurdling oaths, and their orders were written in blood from the of the young desperadoes. Many small fires are traced to their responsibility. At the sheriff’s sale at Helena, Mont., Wednesday of the North Montana Cattle Co., the cattle and horses brought $172,000. This is the largest sale ever made under similar conditions in Montana. One hundred and twenty carloads will be shipped from Ft. Benton this week, for the St. Paul and Chicago markets. The managers of the Chicago League Ball Club have followed the plan of the New Yorkers to protect the name from the Brotherhood players. Articles of incorporation were issued Thursday to the “Chicago League Ball Club” and the “Chicago Base Ball Club,” both with the old managers as incorporators. Wm. Waterman died at Grand Rapids, Wis., Thursday, aged 114 years. He was married twice. His first wife lived to the age of seventy-five. He married his second wife when he was in his hundredth year. She died a few years ago. He always used tobacco, but was temperate, in his habits. While he used liquor to some extent, it was never to excess. Emmet V. Rhodes, Cashier of the First National Bank of St. Paris 0., pleaded guilty in the United States Court to the misappropriation of the bank funds. It was shown’ that there was no ultimate intention of defrauding the bank and that the money was in a public-spirited effort to advance the interests of his community. The minimum sentence —five years in the penitentiary—was imposed. A car on the Mt. Auburn inclined rail way at Cincinnati, Tuesday, broke loose from the train'and crashed to the footof the roadOf those in the car, ten were killed, five seriously injured and one escaped unhurt. The cause of the breaking of the cable is unknown There are " four inclined rail ways in Cincinnati, and id the ten years which they have been operated, this is the first accident which resulted in the loss of life. ~ The fifth-annual meeting of the eom-mandery-in-chief of the military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States was held at Philadelphia Wednesday, in the hall of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. General Rutherford B. Hayes, the Commander-in-Chief, called the meeting to order. About forty delegates, representing the various commanderies, are in attendance. General Hayes was unanimously re-elected Commander-In-Chief. The Socialist Labor party brought its convention to a close, Thursday morning, at Chicago,and the delegates went in a body to Waldheim to decorate the graves of the martyrs. Before adjourning they passed a resolution declaring that the persons who hissed the American flag during the meeting held on Sunday, were either fools or police spies, and hissed only to give the capitalistic press another opportunity to vent its spite against Socialists and socialism. Brooklyn was selected as the seat for the next executiveeommittee, Boston as th° seat for the appeal board, and New York as the seat for the party organ. The convention-did not select the time or place for tho next convention. The delegates went to Waldheim on the cars. They hung red flowers and white flowers tied with red ribbon upon the Anarchist monument. The annual convention of the Street Railway Presidents of the United States was opened at Minneapolis, Wednesday. About one hundred delegates were in attendance. The report of tho Exccutivo Committee in regard to the K. of L. Association says: “The association year now closed has soon an almost total collapse of the organization known as the K. of L., so far, at least, as' that portion is which attempted to dominate street railway companies. Starting in with the manifest determination of making a frightful example of one of tho members Of this association—the Atlantic Avenue I Railroad Company, of Brooklyn—a was declared on all of thecompany’s linos.' -Before its conclusion it was accompanied < with riot, bloodshed and even murder. This strike soon extended to New York, taking in every line in that city over which the K. of L. had any control, and thence westward took its Why until it reached the city where.we now arc. Tho death knoll of the organization of the K. of L. has been sounded because it has shown its unworthiucss to live, by reason of the crime committed tn its name under the direction of its leaders.” FOREIGN. It is believed by M. Remen that the Pope will soon bo forced to abandon Rome. A cable to the Maritime Exchange Thursday announced that Htpi’ot.vte has ’ been unanimously elected President of Hayti. In ail ninety-one votes were cast at the election. I ' An explosion occurred in the Bontilce colliery at London, County of Stafford,

' * ’ - - .- - i——— England, at an early hour Wednesday l ' morning. Seventy miners were in the pit j at the time of the accident, only eleven of . whom are alive. I The Regents offered ex-Queen Natalia ofServia a large sum of money, provided She Would accept their proposed conditions and depart from Servia. The exQueen indignantly refused the offer, saying that she considered the proposal an insult. i The Paris Temps, in a resume of the financial results of the exposition, says that before its close the number of people who will have visited the great show will reach 26,000,000, and will, in all probability, exceed that figure. Referring to the proposed world’s fair in America, in 1892, the Temps says it is by no means as certain .as it seemed a month ago that the Americans will select New York for the location of their exposition, as Chicago is making, strenuous efforts to secure it. Commenting on the availability of Chicago, as compared with New York, the Temps says: “We many of the Chicagoans who crossed the ocean to visit the exposition in the first city of France would have taken the same trouble if the show had been held in Lyons, oar second city of importance!”

WASHINGTON NOTES.

Judge Cooley, of the Interstate Commerce Commission, has been prostrated by overwork. Superintendent Porter, of the census, has had a conference with the special agents in charge of the collection of statistics of cotton, wool, and worsted,and silks, and mixed textiles. The desire is to secure a better classification and a more complete collection of such statistics. The list Of manufactories in the United States is complete now, and show a total of 5,218. The most noticeable thing about the figures is the increase in tho number of mills in the South. They have more than doubled since 1880. Another notable thing is that, where there were 1,000 cotton-mills in the United States iu 1880, 1,477 have already been reported. The annual report of the Pension Bureau was maae public Saturday. There were at? the close of the year 489,729 pensioners. There were added to the rolls during the year names of 51,921 new pensioners, and the names of 1,754, whose pensions have been previously dropped, were resbored to the rolls, making an aggregate ofl 53,675 pensioners added during the year. Sixteen thousand five hundred and seven pensioners were dropped from the rolls for various causes, leaving a net increase to the rolls of 37,168 names. The average annual value of each pension at the close of the year is shown to have been $131.18. The aggregate annual value of pensions is $64,246,552.36. Tho amount paid for pensions during the year was $88,275,113.28. The total amount disbursed by the agents for all purposes was $89,131'968.44; amount paid as fees to attorneys, $1,363,583.47. There was a disbursement of $14,515.72 for the payment of the arrears of pensions in cases where the original pension was granted prior to Jan. 25,1879, and the date of commencement of pension was subsequent to discharge or death. In the aggregate, 1,248,146 pension claims have been filed since .1861, and that in the same period 789,121 have been allowed. The amount disbursed on account of pehsions since 1881 has been $1,052,218,413.17. The issue of certificates during the year shows a grand total of 145,298. Of this number 51,921 were original certificates. The report shows that at the close of the year there Were pending and un allowed 479,000 claims of all classes. Immediately upon his return to China, Mr. Koo, of the Chinese Legation at Washington, will be married to a yoUng woman whom he has never seen, but whomhis parents have selected for him. One of the remarkable features of the marriage ceremony of that country is that the bride and bridegroom are forced to sit back to back for three or four hours in solemn silence on a board table, during which strange programme the woman is so heavily veiled that oven tho most ardent gaze of her legal partner would fail to distinguish her features. At the conclusion of the curiously Intricate ceremonies the crowning stroke is tho spiriting away of the bride by her relatives, who for days thereafter keep her in the closest seclusion away from her husband. He during that period can neither see nor speak to her. Tho controversy over the dismissal of Tanner as Commissioner of Pensions is causing a war of words between that gentleman and others which is growing constantly in virulence. The latest is the making public, Saturday, of a letter written by Secretary Noble, July 24, in which the position of the administration and the . relation the commissionership bears to the jurisdiction of the Interior Department. This will be followed very soon by the entire report of the board appointed to investigate Tanner’s administration. ■- I In an address before the Boys and Girls’ National Home Association at Washington, Friday, Mr. Alexander Hogeland, President of the association, made the startling statement thht there were 60,(XX) boy trains In-Aho.United States. He advocated the establishment of a resintration system by which boy tramps might bo found and sent to farmers who were willing to emp'oy them.

A Deep Subject.

‘ There’s one thing hard to under--stand.” 1 ' < “What is that?” 1 -Why, it is that in this era of trusts it is so extremely hard to get trusted.” —Merchant Traveler.

Encouraging.

N. w York Weekly. First youth (at a railroad depot)— ••Traveled far?” Second Youth—“ Not yet, but I expect to before I stop, I am going West to seek m y fortune.” 1 irat j oat got back. Lend me a dime, will you?”

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

! A red coon has been captured in Steuben county. Daniel Frederick, of Knox county, was 100 years old Wednesday. Kirkland & Son’s Chair Factory, at Pierceton, has been destroyed by fireLoss, SB,OOO. Mrs. Morrow’s barn, near Montpelier, was destroyed by fire Tuesday, with contents. Loss $3,000. Isom Copeland, of Greensboro, who is ninety-two years old, took his first trip on the railroad cars, last week. During the present year 417 visitors have been shown through the Prison South and in this way a snrplus library fund of $1,400 has accumulated. | Perry Wolfe, aged thirteen, of Corydon, was attacked by a bull dog owned by Isaac ' Mauck, and so badly mangled that his death is anticipated. | “White Caps” arc again committing outrages in Perry county, and_ are charged with burning barns, killing stock, and , threatening citizens with violence. =-- » = j. Three times within a month an incend- ' idary used coal oil in trying to burn the residence of Lemuel Gibson, colored, of Crawfordsville, and on Monday the effort was successful, consuming the structure. Harry Kittennan and Edward and William Rhodes, the former half-witted, were whipped by “White Caps,” near Corydon Tuesday night. They wers charged with larceny, and a severe punishment was administered. . Allen Van Horn, in custody at Hartford, City as an insane person, attempted suicide Monday by cutting his throat and the arteries in his wrisf. His mania leads him to fear that his life is threatened by the Masonic fraternity. Dr. Charles L. Thomas, the remaining Democratic member of the Pension Beard at Logansport, has been removed, and he is succeeded by Dr. J. M. Justice. The ' latter served on the board for twenty years ' previous to Cleveland’s ejection. _ Edward Bowen, a young man, of New Washington, owned a trick pony which was taken sick and died. Edvard attend ed the animal continuously and was inoc ulated with the same dis.ease, which has culminated in blood poisoning. He can i scarcely recover. I Last Saturday it is estimated that there ! were sour 1 hundred car loads of apples along the line of the Lake Shore road, be--tween-Ft.WayaemndHillsdale,zawaiting ‘ sliipmeu*.. The demand for cars in which i to load apples and potatoes in that section is unprecedented. - A letter to the State Board of Health says an acute case of glanders has been discovered near Shelbyville. The veterinary surgeon who sent the communication - assures the board that he has an intimate “knolegc” of the disease mentioned, and ; has taken the precautions necessary in the I “mater.” John Barrett, the aged farmer of Allen county who killed his wife, has been placed on trial for murder, and the defense is insanity. He is very wealthy, and has employed able counsel. Barrett and wife ' lived together over forty years, and he claims to have no knowledge of the assault which led to her death. i There are no negroes in Washington county. There was a colony of about 100 negroes near Salem, but in 1885, they were driven from the county by proscription and whitecapism. Even to this day public sentiment is against them and they are allowed no peace if they enter the county i with an idea of settlement. 'Wednesday morning a meeting of prominent temperance men was held at Indianapolis to consult on adopting some plan to carry on a non-partisan campaignagainst liquor. About twenty of the most prominent temperance advocates from different parts of the State were present. No formal organization was effected. | Dr. J. N. Hurty has completed his analy. ' sis of the mineral waters recently sent from Spencer, Ind., and the result is that Spencer and Martinsville will make mouths at each other for all time to come. The Spencer water is similar in many respects to ‘.he Martinsville fluid, but contains more mineral ingredients. | The English Brewery syndicate, Wed1 nesday purchased all three of the Indianapolis breweries, paying $2,100,000 for the same. Tho properties were recently ap praised at $1,550,000 £nd the sale is considered an exceptionally good one. The late owners will continue the business as managers at handsome salaries. ! Extensive fires are prevailing in the Little River Ditch District, west of Fort Wayne, resulting in burning over hundreds of acres of land andy destroying miles of fences. Prairie land reclaimed by the ditch has burned to the depth of three feet and more, ruining its value at the present time for agricultural and grazing purposes. William H. Wilhelm, of Indianapolis, an inspector of the Salamonie Natural Gas Company, of Ft. Wayne, lighted a lamp to examine defective plumbing in the cellar of one of the company’s patrons, and an explosion followed, landing his mangled body half way across the street. The property Was badly wrecked. Wilhelm may not recover. M. R. Skinner, a prosperous citizen of Lawrenceburg, but suffering with lung trouble, reached Cincinnati Tuesday on his return from ITLc.ri.dLa accompanied bv his physician and family. While the party was walkings through the depot, preparatory to taking the train for Lawrenceburg, Skinner slipped from the supporting arms of his wife, dropped to the floor and died almost instantly. He had been an invalid for years. The Orderof Red Men, in session at In ■ dianapolis, Wednesday, elected the follow ing officers: Great Sachem, John Zook, Madison, Great Senior . Sagamon, Henry C. Shaw, Richmond; Great Junior Sagamore, Alfred Ellison, Anderson; Great Chief of Records, Thomas G- Har rison,lndianapolis; GreatKeepcrof Warn pum, John A. McGaw, Indianapolis. Represer tatives to Great Council in Boston, Mass., George Daniels, Indianapolis; M. G. Mack, Muncie; Jude Swift, Frankfort. There was a serious wreck on the Indiana' Midland Railroad, four miles out from Lebanon, Boone county, Wednesday morning between 6 and.7o’clock.. TheconatFuction train collided with a freight car that

had been left on a switch too near the main track. The locomotive of the train and several cars were derailed, and James Moon, a brakeman, was instantly killeu. Two other train hands, Whose names could not be ascertained suffered broken limbs and three or four other employes were slightly hurt. The accident was the fault of the freight crew which failed to set the freight car far enough in on the side track. Ex-Congressman George W. Steele and wife, ofMarion, white out driving Monday, were the victims of a dangerous runaway accident, one of the wheels I of the carriage dropping off while the team was spinning along at a rapid gait, and a general wreck following. Both were thrown out, and Major Steele had his left arm broken near the shoulder, while Mrs. Steele suffered a similar injury to her left arm near the elbow. Both were also bruised severely, but they escaped fatal hurt. i The jury in the “White Cap” case of Ezra Farr, of Grant county, one of the de- ! fendants indicted for Mrs; Aseneth Street j and daughter, could not agree and have been discharged. The poll stood ten to two in favor of acquittal. This case was the first to be tried under the new law defin- 1 ing riotous conspiracy, and it has excited general interest throughout the State; the more particularly as theassaull--upou4lic womerf'Was peculiarly cowardly and inexcusable. There are a number of defend ants, and all of the trials have new been' postponed until .the next term of court. Judge Irvin, of the Marion County Criminal Court, rendered a decision, ' Wednesday,' to the effect that the dressed ( beef act of the last Legislature is unconstitutional, and directed that an entry be made discharging Philip Klein, of the i Chicago Dressed Beef Company, against whom the proceedings were brought. The prosecution was by information charging the defendant with selling for human food a quantity of dressed beef in' Indianapolis Which had not been inspected alive in That' city, the animalsHfrom winch it came having been slaughtered at Chicago, r „ The proceedings were instituted with the under- - standing that the case should be pressed to the Supreme Court, with a view of test- I 7iiig tW constitutionality of the law. The chief business cf the State Board of Charities, at its regular meeting, at Indianapolis, Wednesday, was to hear Secre - tary Johnson’s report of his investigations of various State and county institutions. The Secretary had good words to speak of most of them. He especially praised. The . present management of the Central Insane Hospital, Dr. Wright, Superintendent. | The manner in which the supplies of that ; institution arc distributed was especially commended. Provisions are issued by the Steward only on requisitions signed and approved by the Superintendent. The Northern and Southern Prisons were commended, though Mr. Johnson is opposed. to the contract labor system. At present, however, he sees no Way, of abandoning it. Patents were issued to Indiana inventors, Tuesday, as follows: Charles H. Auspach and J. J. Wilhelm, Cedar Grove, band cutting feeder for threshing machine; Elias C. Atkins, Indianapolis, cross-cut saw; George L. Beck, Lebanon, washing machine; John B. Carter and J. W. Pertz, Kokomo, machine for grinding wood; Wai lace H. Dodge, Mishawaka, pulley ;Charlea C. Graham, Crawfordsville, shaft attachment for carriages; teSse-E, _Kg*fter, Terre Haute electrical metal detector; Charles P. Lancaster, Fairmount, gate; Adolph F. Prahm, Indianapolis, signal lantern; Wil 1 liam H. Shoup, Middlebury, churn; Frank M, Smiley, Goshen, car brake; William W. Smith, Elkhart, inhaler; Isaac M. Thomp> son, Franklin, gate; Edmund C. Westervelt, South Bend, sulky plow.

DEADLY RIOT IN ALABAMA.

Bat tie Between Farmer* and Town Offl. cer*«—Many Killed and Wounded. A dispatch from Dothen, Ala., Wednesday, says: “In a difficulty here yesterday seven men were shot. Two are dead and another is dying. The trouble arose between the town Council and the draymen of the farmers 1 warehouse, the latter refusing to pay the license demanded by tne town authorities. Both marshals were shot and one will die. wo draymen were shot. The facts were found on investigation to be as follows: The Farmers’ Alliance of Henry county had established a ware house at Dothen. The town authorities sought to collect license fees from the drays which they employed, as they have been doing from drays employed by other business houses. To test the law, George M. Stringer, manager of the warehouse, undertook to drive a dray himself, when he was arrested, and his trial set for yesterday. The alliance men attended the trial in force, and B. Stringer, a relative of the man to be tried, flourished 0. knife in the marshal’s face. This started the trouble. A fusilade of shots took place, during which George W. Stringer and Jeff Walker, of the Alliance force fell dead, and Peter Tew were seriously wounded. Marshal J. L. Domingos and Deputy Marshal ParkJPowell and a town man named W. B. Craddock were mortally wounded. The terror which reigned the remainder of the day was indescribable. A renewal of the attack was looked for during the night. The fanners claim that the towns people treated them wrongfully, and that the riot was inevitable under the .provocation given.

GEN. MANSON’S SUCCESSOR.

Joseph p. pointed Collector of the Seventh Internal Revenue District, to succeed Gen. M. D. Manson, whose resignation has been in for several days. --- In tendering his resignation, General Manson wrote the following letter: Hon. Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States: Mr Dbar Sir—l Ijavethe honor to tender my resignation as Internal Revenue Collector of the Seventh District of Indiana, to take effect on the first <lay of October, 1»9. or as soon thereafter us my successor can be qualified. Hoping that your good health may continue, and that you will have a great success in your administration, lam very respectfully and sin ccrcly your friend. Marlon D. Maxson.

WILL CUBA BE ABSORBED?

Suggestion that the Atiantie Islands May Become American States—Work for Minlstsr Douglass. ’’ The Washington correspondent of the New York Herald says: Since I sent you .■the inside explanation of the circumstances and motives that led to the Hawaiian treaty, or other developments of what dip lomatic connoisseurs term the “blanket policy” of the State Department are pushing their way to the front. The diplomatic powers of Mr. Frederick Douglass are not to lie in the innocuous desuetude of a short residence at Pcrt-au Prince. Should be show that he is not intolerable to the dusky autocrats of Hayti, his powers are to be put to the proof in an

attempt to convince President Hippolyte that asurrenderof the control of the foreign relations of the black republic to the Department of State at Washington will be greatly' conducive to the security and prosperity of that country. A guarantee of the autonomy of the islland is to be had from the United States upon the terms above indicated, coupled with the concession of naval privelges and a right to-land troops in the discretion of the proper American authority to repel invasion or insure domestic tranquility. Should Hayti prove tolerant of the seductive suggestion, Mr. Douglass is expected to extend the sphere of his influence to San Domingo. He will do so, even if Hippolyte and his Cabinet should take the other course with a view to applying moral pressure npon the larger community by stamping, if possible. the character of proteges of the United States upon the Spanish speaking section of the island. As the “blanket policy” would be like a blanket with a hole in it unless Cuba should be brought into the line of ultimate absorbtion, Minister Palmer is stated to have had assigned to him apeculiarly delicate task. He is to use his unofficial good offices at Madrid to drop in the minds of the Dons and Grandees bf the Spanish Capital an occasional hint that Spain would-be well out of Cuba and Cuba would do well out of Spain. In the delicate and non-committal way indicated he will occasionally suggest that nothing could be friendlier or wiser or nearly so advantageous all around than to prepare to come into alignment with Mr. Blaine’s comprehensive American policy for the American 'Continent and hasten the slow but certain march of manifest destiny. .

WATTERSON MAKES A SPEECH.

_ .The National Board of Trade, in session at Louisville, was addressed, Friday, by ’Henry Watterson. ’ Of money matters, he said: “What are you going to do for a banking system when there are no more bonds to build On? Some ten years ago I ventured to propose that we reduce the National debt to a thousand million and then that, for a fiscal basis, we fund these thousand millions at a low rate of interest,and make the debt thus reduced perpetual. Everybody laughed at me. Some said I was crazy; others insisted that I was simply a fool. But lam more than ever persuaded of the truth and force of my suggestion, because, to say nothing of the banks and the future of our banking system,we ought to have some fixed securities for the small holders, which can neither be swallowed up by a deluge of watered stock nor be able to run away to Canada.” Mr. Watterson next took up the tariff, and among other things said: “I have never oelieved that we shall have free trade in this country until the manufacturers themselves lead the free trade movement. That this is only a question of time, I have always believed. But, meanwhile, here is a system of taxation devised exclusively for war purposes, yet outlasting those purposes a quarter of a century, and as surely as somebody proposes to put it on a peace footing, somebody else starts up and says that, being about all that survives of the war, we ought to hold it sacred and keep it as a relic. Well, it is a relic, sure enough, for war is barbarism, and there is not a doubt that the war tariff is a relic of barbarism. For my part I can live under,any kind of tariff that the rest can; and care as little for expenses, too, for in my day I have paid ns high as SSOO for a pair of boots and $5 lor a glass of water seasoned with nutmeg—in Confederate money; but, really, it does seem to me that at the moment when our public men are. cozening their wits to find the means of spending the excess of revenue the tariff yields us, it is about time that we consider whether it would not be better to save more and spend less.” Of tho pension position Mr. Watterson says: “We have a pension list that costs us nearly as much as the costliest standing army in Europe, and still the cry comes up formore. I have been ’fightfng this with all my might and main, and hhve had for my pains the charge very freely made that the motive of my opposition is hatred of the Northern soldier. Gentlemen, this intimation would be laughable if it were not detestable. It is circumstance and the feeling of brotherhood in.all that concerns the North which lies here, that has emboldened me to speak very plainly of the wasting of money and the corruption ness. If a stop be not put to it, tbat wliioh began in national indulgence! will end in national disgrace.”

A LETTER FROM MR. CLEVELAND

The first general assembly of the Dcmoeratie souietioa of Pwuuaylvauiu began, Wednesday, at Philadelphia. Over seven hrndred delegates, representing Democrat, ic clubs in all parts of the State, were in attendance. President Chauncey F. Black called the convention to order! after which a letter from ejc President Cleveland was rea l. After expressing regrets at bgiag unable to attend, Mr. Cleveland toys: , .. ' “My estimate of the value of these Dem. ocr.it c societies as agents Tor the. instruction dftfre iJuopTrTipon potitfrat SSvs and for the accomplishment of. legitimate p<diticai work-bt-well known, and there mc.vxm.was a 4 la the iutgrest of good,, government and national

. prosperity, they were more needed. The condition of political affairs are such that the attention of all true Democrats should be directed to the enforcement of the distinctive principles of the party, and, in my opinion, this no time for the search after make shifts and temporary expedients. We, as a party, are fairly en ’ listed in the cause of the people, and patriotism, duty and party success require that we should be consistent and steadfast. All personal and selfish falms should be subordinated. I confidently expect that in the work we have in hand our Democratic societies will ’exhibit an efficiency which will be gratefully acknowledged by all who have at heart the welfare and prosperity of the American people.

POLITICAL NOTES.

The South Dakota Legislature met in both branches, Wednesday,, and elected Pettigrew and Moody to represent the State in the United States Senate. The Legislature in joint session will formally ratify the action of both branches, and ad journ until January. A resolution and memorial as follows was passed by both houses unanimously, no other business being transacted: “Resolved. That the Senators and Representatives of the State of South Dakota in the Ccngress of the United’ States are hereby requested to urge the passage of a bill by' Congress, at the earliest date possible, providing an appropriation for the purpose of making necessary surveys, and of boring experi mental artesian wells so as to determine the feasibility and practicability of artesian irrigation, preparatory to the establishment of a system of irrigation of the State.” Hon. John M. Langston, Virginia's >l- - orator, refuses to support Mahone for Governor of Virginia. The Montana Legislature is very close. By throwing out the votes in one district on account of irregularities the Republicans probably have a majority. This action wilLbe contested, however, end until the courts have passed on the matter the real standing of the parties will probably not be known. A dispatch of ’Wednesday', says: Tho official returns from every county but one show that the Republicans have thirty-eight meinhers..QL;tl:!‘ i : nature and the Democrats thirty-two. with one doubtful in Madison county. The Republicans will have from sto -9 majority on joint ballot, but as the decision of the canvassing bcard in Silver Bow cox nty is to be tested in the courts, there is no telling when the members from,. Silver .Bow will get their certificates of eletFHoffWithout .that county the Senate will be 8Republican and 7 Democratic, and the House 25 Republican and 20 Democratic. The Secretary of the Territory has as yet received official returns from only four counties, and it will probably b® a week yet before the official count of the Territory can be made. The Democrats claim that the contest in Silver Bow will delay the admission of the State, but Republicans claim that Statehood is contingent only on the adoption of the constitution. As soon as this is certified to by the President they expect admission. T. C. Power, Republican candidate for Governor, is likely to institute contest before the Territorial canvassing board on the vote of Deer Lodge county. If this should succeed, Power would be Governor. A late dispatch says: There is but little prospect that the political situation in Montana will see any change for several days. The count in all counties is completed, and it is not thought that any other contests beside the one in Silver Bow county will be made. As the Legislature now stands, counting the Silver Bow delegation, as returned by the judges of election, the Democrats have a majority on joint ballot of three, with one seat a tie. Should the action of the canvassing board in throwing out the Lunnel precinct be upheld by the courts, the Republicans will gain four have a majority on joint ballot of five. The hearing of the contest case is set for November 7. Mr. Amos J. Cummings was nominated by the Tammany Democrats of the Ninth New York Congressional District to fill the vacancy in the next Congress caused by the death of Hon. S. S. Cox. The Department of War has taken a practical step toward avoiding desertions in the army It is no more nor less than the good old Methodist plan of taking recruits on probation. The latest order provides that there shall be an interval of six days between the day of enlistment and the day of taking the oath.

THE MARKETS.

Indianapolis, Oct. 23,1889. GRAIN. | Wheat Corn. ; Oats. Kye p . Indianapolis.. 2 r’d 78 1 w 33% 2w2 ’4 3r’d7=» 2ye3l*4 Chicago... 2 r’d 80 81 19 .. Cincinnati..... 3 r d 80 81 22 46 St. Louis 2 r*d 13% 28*4 18 89 New York 2 r’d 83% 40 26 Baltimore...... 88 40 28 S 3 Philadelphia. 2 r’d 88)4 46*4 97 Clover Seed Ttrledthi 82J4- S 4 - .21J4 Detroit 1 wh 81% 33% 22 Minneapolis ; 80 Liverpool...™ ......... ............ LIVE STOCK,_ Cattle -Export grsd<s t-1 .OOm 4.40 Good to choice .shippers......... Common to medium shippers. ... S.’ssr7c3 Stockers, .MM) to 850 tt> •.... 2.00r«3.K5 Good t<> choice heifers 2.25">-’,75 Common to medium heifers..... Good 'to choice eows t ....• Fair to medium ana —„ i 7.W b Hogs—r Heavy 4.20<<<4 40 Light.. . 4,&,«zi.43 Mixed -1 'NV: I it Heavy rough s 3.25(g v.UO Sheer —Good to Fair to medium 3 G> 0.4 ::«» Common.. ...... :4 Lambs, good to choice 3 s<»a.» 15 ■Common to medium-• -- - 3 Bucks, per hem! 2.. v.. . LUUS IH’TTEK. mrt.TltY. ' Ergs l»c ! poi W,. r .. Butler. w. -tT.T-t ytlaf? . —I Cboict <muntr>. .U9u I I'eathera . . .