St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 16, Number 44, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 9 May 1891 — Page 2

WALKERTON INDEPENDENT, WaLKERTOX, . - - INDIANA RIOTING COAL MINERS. DISMAL FATE OF AN UNKNOWN VESSEL. Failed for Half n Million—The Navy May He frilled—HavorliiT, Mass.. on a Drunk — Two Tennessee “ Mashers ” Soundly Thrashed.

COKERS SHOT DOWN. Another Riot Reported to Havo Taken Placa at Broad ford, Pa. More blood has been shed as a result of the Pennsylvania coke strike, the s?ene of the encounter this time being at Leisenring No. 3 mine, of the Frick Company. Two men who had been working at Leisenring No. 3 had been captured by the strikers and were kept as prisoners under a guard. Superintendents Gray and Pitt and Boss Gallaghan, accompanied by a number of deputies, demanded the release of the men. The strikers asserted their intention to keep the two men in custody. When Gray and Gallaghan approached, the strikers

made an attack. The deputies rushed to their aid, but the strikers continued the fight, one of them trying to wrest a gun from the hands of a deputy. Gray, seeing that the strikers were determined, ordered the deputies to fire. A volley was discharged, which resulted in the death of one of the men and the serious wounding of another. The. strikers fled in every direction. At Leisenring No. 3 the men are better armed than at any point in the region, and some have M mchester rifles. They have been drilling, too, for the last three weeks, and are now fairly well instructed. Such preparations look warlike, and further trouble is feared. MYSTERY OF THE SEA. An Unknown Vessel Burned to tin Waer's Edge—Nothing Known of the Crew. Captain Wicke, of the German bark Charles Ruling reports at New York that he sighted a vessel on fire. He steered for the scene, and rounded to near the blazing wreck. A boat was sent to the vessel, but there was no living thing on board. No name could be seen, nor was there the slightest clue by which the vessel could be identified. The vessel was burned to the water's edge. Whether the crew took to the boats and are now tossing about in midocean or all perished with the ship may perhaps remain a mystery of the sea. BASE-BALL. Standing of the Diff rent Clubs According to the Latest Contests Following is a showing of the standing of each of the teams of the different associations: NATIONAL LEAGUE. NV. L. ^c.| NV. L. ^c. Bostons 7 4 .636 Pittsburgg.. 5 5 .500 Clevelands.. 7 4 ,G36:New Yorks.. 5 6 .455 Chicagos.... 6 4 .GODißrooklyns... 4 7 .334 Pniladelp’s. 6 5 .54>'Cincinnatis. 3 8 .273

■ LUU ■■ - .xv x.. . .-M cumuub ia U .684;Cmclnnati8.10 14 .417 Louisvilles. .14 10 .5831 Athletics.... 6 11 .3'3 Bt. Louis... .13 10 ,s.s;Washingt’B.. 4 13 .235 WESTERN ASSOCIATION. W. L. ^c. W. L. pc. Denvers 9 6 .690 St. Panis.... 77 .5)0 Sioux Citys. 8 6 .571 Mllwaukees. 8 8 .50J Omahas 8 6 .571 Kansas C’ys. 6 9 .40J Minneap’lis. 7 6 .538 Lincolns.... 4 9 .303 Ma hr< Publicly Hiraslv'd. The village of Pillowville, Tenn., was treated to a sensation that may result in a feud. The wife of Cheatham Pate, together with Pate's sister, was walking during the afternoon, when their handsome faces attracted the attention of Levi Hill and James Ali n, from an adjoining town. The women discouraged the attentions, but the mashers could not take the hint, and the women informed their husbands. The angry men started after the mashers, conducted the pair to the most public portion of the village, where their offense was explained to the crowd. Pate then gave Hill a terrib’e thrashing. Allen was whipped in the same manner by Pate's brother-in-law. Afterward both men were escorted out of town with ropes about their necks. The friends of the whipped men threaten to get even. Every Cell Contain'd a Jag At Haverhill, Mass., < very cell in the police station was occupied as a result | of the first evening under the liquor | license law. Several fights occurred, and two men had their heads split open. The streets were filled with drunken men, and the police had all they could attend to. A well-known business man while under the influence of liquor at-

tempted suicide by taking paris green, but his life was saved by the prompt assistance of the doctors. Faled f >r $500,003 At New York, Jesse H. Lippincott, sole licensee of the American Graphophone Company and President of the North American Phonograph Company, assigned to Frederick S. Wait. The assets will probably be $400,000. The liabilities are about $500,000. To Sh iw Off thp Navy. Secretary Tracy is thinking seriously of employing thirteen vessels of the navy this summer in a series of naval maneuverings. All of .;e vessels are in the waters of the north Atlantic. It is expected that Rear Admiral Kimberly will be placed in command o^the fleet. Baby Born in a Th ater During a performance at the Park Theater. Dayton, Ohio. Mrs. Thomas Griffith, who was in the audience with her husband, gave birth to a girl baby, and it is believed this is the first case on record of a child being born in a theater. Fa’a’iy Beaton by Robber\ As Mrs. J. A. Wickline, living ten miles east of Arkansas City, Kan., was preparing to retire, two masked men broke open the front door, and with drawn revolvers demanded money. She gave them S 3, but they called for more, and began kicking her. Sho ran out the door and was caught by a third man, wnen all three beat her over the head with revolvers and kicked her biutalK. Her skull is fractured and her injuries will prove fatal.

EVENTS OF THE WEEK. EASTERN OCCURRENCES. It is learned that a p’ant for the manufacture of gun cotton will probably soon be established in Central Pennsylvania or elsewhere in the interior. This is not to supersede the plant at the torpedo station, but to supplement it by a second plant away from the coast and more secure in case of war. William Beck, an industrious Alleghei (Pa.) workman, who had been suffering from tho grip for some time, pulled a revolver from under his pillow, held it under tho bedclothes and shot himself dead. The fiercest and most disastrous for-

est fire in Atlantic County, N. J., for thirty years is raging in the vicinity of Conovertown and I’ort Republic, and the heavens are illuminated at night like noonday. Gennaro Zuccarreli.o, a detained Italian immigrant, and who is said to be an ex-convict, walked out of Supremo Court chambers in New York and escaped. He was being detained by Col. Weber at the barge office until ho could be sent back to Italy. Fire destroyed Higgins' kindling wood mill at Lopez, Fa , causing a loss of 525,000. George C. Goodwin A Co , wholesale druggists at Boston, weie burned out. Their loss is $50,000. The foundry of C. 11. Woodruff & Co. at Elgin, 111.,

was damaged to tho extent of SB,OOO. In the Scottdale (Pa 1 coke district between C>,ooo and 7,000 new men are to be brought to the region to replace tho strikers, if necessary. This statement comes from a trustworthy source. Several car-loads have arrived during the past week, and the influx continues. It Is said that 100 Italians were imported Into Jimtown on account of'the unexpected strike of the employes then'. Labor leaders are striving diligently to get them to leave the region, and have succeeded to some degree. The evictions of striking tenants will be renewed throughout tho region, and it is estimated that before the week is over GOO families will be homeless. Monster mass meetings will be held at Jimtown and Hutchison, with a view of persuading the new workmen to unite with tho strikers. The quarrel between the Roman Catholic dioceses of Rochester and Buffalo has received new fuel through a pastoral of Bishop McQuaid, which says: For over ten years this diocese and its bishop have been misrepresented and maligned in a manner shameful by the Catholic Union and Times, a weekly newspaper published in Buffalo by the Buffalo Catholic Publication Company, with the fullest approbation of the right reverend bishop of Buffalo. The paper referred to labors to foment insubordination among priests and people. It keeps alive unchristian feelings between the dioceses; it disturbs the peace of thisone;it is a constantly recurring source of scandal to many, running into sin and Shame. Therefore the bishop protests against the circulation of the paper in this diocese and threatens severe measures if this letter does not prove effectual. At Philadelphia John Boucher was convicted ot murder in the first degree for killing Dennis Crowley in June last. At New York, Georgie Arlington, said to be tho daughter of I’eter Arlington, an iron manufacturer in Hyde Park, Chicago, ended a drinking bout by com-

■» i j-j.l u x The jury in the case of Plenty TTorso. the Sioux Indian on trial for the murder of Lieutenant Casey at the late uprising of Indians in Dakota, has disagreed and been discharged. Bin R. C. Goodwin, alias IL C. Hoston, was arrested at Cincinnati by two private detectives. He reached up to adjust a window handing and thus exposed his tattooed wrists. The charge made against him is that of forging cheeks. B. P. Hutchinson, the missing Board o f Trade operator, has been found. He was discovered walking aimlessly about the streets of Evansville. Ind. As his mind was evidently unbalanced, ho was detained by the police until his friends in Chicago were notified. A Winchester, Ohio dispatch says: The family of Oliver Morgan a farmer, left him plowing in the field w ile they went to Lynn on business. M non .they returned they found him in an upstairs room dead, having been shot through the heart A strange man giving his name as Charles McKinney was traced to Cincinnati and placed in jail, accused of the horrible crime. At Cleveland nine thousand five hundred persons saw the opening league game with Cincinnati. Latham made a j double play unassisted and a homo run, and Virtue made two three-base hits. At Kansas City. Jefferson Hughes, for wife, murder, received but slight punishment. The evidence showed that Hughes had kicked his wife to death.

Notwithstanding, the judge ordered the |ury to bring in a verdict of manslaughter because Hughes had committed the jrime during the “heat of passion.” fudge White sentenced Hughes to five fears in the penitentiary. Tur. Denver, Col . police were summoned hastily to West Denver, where a nob was in the act of lynching a Chinanan named Wing Lee. The neighborsood has been unhealthy of late, and an examination was made of the cellars octupied by ’seve’ ’ destials. The filth md stench w< e frightful, and this so inraged the people that they procured i rope and but for the arrival of the pairol wagon would have hanged the Dhinaman. The crowds refused to disperse, and a guard has been placed at the wash house. Frank Williamson, accompanied by his wife and child, attempted to cross the Marias des Cygnes River, at Remington Ford, Kan. The wagon was upset and Williamson and baby were drowned. Mrs. Williamson stayed in the wagon box and was rescue 1. The Superintendent of the Industrial School of San Francisco reported to the Supervisors an attempt on the part of several inmates to burn the building and escape. The scheme was to blow up the house in which garsoline is made and thus communicate fire to the main bidding. Everything was well saturated with oil and the plot would have been successful except for timely discovery. A mysterious case of poisoning is absorbing attention at Springfield. Ohio. Physicians were summoned to th" icsidence of John French just after dinner, and found a family of five persons seri-

ously ill. Mary, aged 7, and an Infant 1 died. SOUTHERN INCIDENTS. On February 2, A. L. McDonald, depot agent at Heiskells, Teun., on the Knoxville and Ohip Road, mysteriously disappeared from Clinton, where ho went on business, and all search proved of no I avail. Recently the decomposed remains of a man were found in the Clinton river, several miles below Clinton. Tho body was identified as that of McDonald. His clothes were on, but his shoes were missing. It is now believed that a foul murder has been committed A Fort Smith (Ark.) special says Mrs. Amelia Barnes, wife of Henry Barnes, recently 7 of the Arkansas Volksblatt of this city, committed suicide by hanging herself with a binding-wire taken from a bale of hay. Sho was evidently driven crazy by her husband, who robbed her of her money and deserted her two weeks ago, going to Kansas City. At Troy, Ala., tho opera house fell in while a party of young people were reheasing an amateur performance. About twenty persons were buried in the ruins. The dead are: Miss Annie Foster, of Eastman. Ga., and Miss Fanny Lou Starke, only child of Judge B. W. Starke, of Troy. The seriously injured are: Miss Maggie Burnett, lately of Bainbridge, Ga., and Miss Eula Downing. Others were hurt but not seriously. The accident resulted from the spreading of the roof, which was intended te , Ko nnlf on nnc*’« construction. A section of a through stock train on J the Toledo, St. Louis and Kansas City ' Railroad, was wiecked at Greentown, Ind The train was running about fifteen miles an hour through tho town, when it struck a cow at the Main street crossing, turning the engine and tender over, wrecking them and eight cars. Engineer Isaac Koonerine ami 1 ireman Clyde Young jumped, the latter saving himself with a badly sprained ankle, while Engineer Koonerine was caught in the wreck and crushed to death. A Newark, Ohio, special says that in the, Probate Court room in that city Albert 11. Bolan was arraigned for examination as to his mental condition. Bolan startled the cqurt by suddenly hurling a cuspidor at a bystander. It missed the man aimed at but smashed the chandelier. He was manacled with difficulty. Religious mania is his malady. Philip Schmiht, of Canton, Ohio, who went to Richmond, Ind., two weeks ago, suddenly became deranged at th ■ Huntington House, and declaring that every Hebrew in the land should be killed, made a vicious assault on Mr. E. H. Heilbrun, of Cincinnati, a guest of the hotel. Ar White Pigeon, Ind., J. L. Buck knocked his wife down and was about to choke her, when she shot him dead. Eric Peterson, a stove dealer, was drowned off the steamer Hybernia at Boef River, Miss, recently. When his body was recovered it was discovered that his skull was fractured, his throat was gashed in two pla cs, with a hole in his son head and a gunshot wound An investigation has been ordered. A special from Pine Bluff, Ark., says: John J. Hooker fatally shot John B. Derreseaux in a quarrel which began in the fem ing-up of a piece of roa<L

and carried^ the mill has been received. The property was xalued at several thousand dollars. THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. I r is learned at the Treasury Department that Secretary Foster has fixed the maximum amount of seals which the Commercial Company will be allowed to take during the coining season at 60,000. Ar the navy yard in Washington the jacket has been successfully placed on ■ the second twelve-inch rifled gun for the I coast-defense vessel Monterey, launched in California. The first of these gnus will bo finished in six weeks. POLITICAL PORRIDGE Stephen B. Elkins is authority for a statement to’ the effect that James G. Blaine will shortly announce his decision not, under any circumstances, to allow his name to le used at the next Republican National Convention as a candidate for President. It is said that Mr. Blaine's letter or announcement wifi be so positive as to admit of but one construction, and that is that he will never again be a candidate for the Presidency. The Hon. Smith M. Weed, although a Democrat, has certain business relations with men of prominence j who are Republicans, and he also has said two or three times lately that when the time came Mr. Blaine would be found positively declining the nomination. INDUSTRIAL NOTES.

At Youngstown, Ohio, live nunarea carpenters quit work because the contractors refused to recognize other unions in the building trades. Pittsburg, Pa., is now fairly started in the eight hour movement with 5.000 Carpenters out and placing other trade-; in such a peculiar position that 10,000 members of other building organizations will soon follow. The Indiana miners’ strike is on, and 1,800 block-coal miners are in it. The eight-hour demand seems not to affect the miners of the Brazil district so much as other questions. One year ago the scale of prices was agreed neon, to last until May 1, 1891, and the time having expired, and no rate established, they came out until such time as an agreement can be reached. FOREIGN GOSSIP. Advices received from Samoa state that ex-King Tamasese is dead. He had been suffering from Bright’s disease of the kidneys, and finally succumbed to that complaint. The British troops entered Manipur and found the place totally deserted. In an inclosure were discovered the heads of Commissioner Quinion and others of the i English party. During the progress of a meeting of about a thousand workmen at Florence, Italy, a speaker made a most violent and incendiary address, calling upon the workmen present to plunder the houses of the wealthy classes. The police thereupon interfered, and after making a short, sharp, and determined charge ■ i into the midst of tlie crowd, arrested

. the man who was making these violent remarks. A tumult followed, and tho workingmen began to handle, the policemen roughly in an attempt to rescue tho prisoner. Finally a squadron of cavalry charged upon the rioters, .causing the latter to rush in masses off' the square. As tho rioters retreated down the neighboring streets, they broke tho store windows right and left along tho route of their flight. A coal famine is impending in Germany, owing to the strike of the miners. Many manufacturing companies have a.ready shut down. The influenza epidemic is now ravaging East Kent, near London. The epidemic lias attacked the, horses in tho East Kent hunt stables, with the result that several valuable, hunters have already died from its effects. A passenger on an express train between Cracow and Lemberg, drew two revolvers and demanded the valuables of his three fellow travelers. The demand was resisted and two of the men were killed by tHe robber, who then jumped from tho train and escaped. Reports received in London from all parts of England show that the of influenza is still spread*"^* There are many cases of the disease in Loudon. FRESH AND NEWSY, \ The Chinese 4B*<omment has notified lheJ,'J> l *^ r states of its unwillingness to o HEMir W. BLARi. receive the Hon Henry W. B air as Minister to China. The weather c* >p bulletin of the Sig nal Office says: The weather has been specially favorable for all growing crops throughout the grain regions of the Northwest and the central valleys. Excessive sunshine and warm weather favored farm work, and early sown wheat in Minnesota ami Dakota Is In excellent condition. The light frosts which occarrod during tho week in the central valleys did not prove injurious. In the winter wheat region, extending from the Ohio Valley westward to Kansas and southward to Tennessee and Arkansas, all crops are reported in excellent, condition; wheat and grass growing nicely and much corn beinz planted. Tho warm. clear w-ather has caused very rapid evaporatjbn. and although there has been tip excess of precipitation during uo season. there are many localities In

Td*" '.A '' Heys wIHU?- tulditlonal ruin T' t yj" >'i j ' g Win iw! hlJm's have i । cWps are generally in need of g»n reports normal weather conditions and wpeat prospects most excellent, but rain to the east of the Cascades would be beneticiai. California reports that high winds and hot weather damaged the grain crops materially in the latter part of the week. Frosts in the coast counties have slightly damaged the fruit prospects. Baying is In progress In southern California; j respects good. IL G. Di n A Co.'s weekly review of j trade says: Business is large In volume ami sustained by general confidence ns to the future. i Wheat and flour exports from Atlantic ports continue far behind those of last year, and while reports of foreign ciop prospects are not favorable, there is really no reason to anticipate any shortage or unusual demand from abroad prior to tin' dos,' of the current crop year. The possible demand next year has to meet it an exceptionally | favorable crop outlook. There have 1 ecu t .410 immigrants I landed during April at New York, the ‘ highest number for April since 1882, ' when 455,450 were landed that year, i The number landed last April was 49,0*4. An average improvement of 7 . per cent, in the condition of winter wheat is reported by the Formers' lb vieic. MARKET KEPOKTS. CHICAGO. . Cattle—Common to I’rimo.... $3.25 f>,so Hogs—Shipping Grades 3.00 yi 5.25 Sheep 3.5) yt 6.59 Wheat—No. 2 Bed 1.07’^ Corn-No. 2 68 @ .70 C ats —No. 2 53 .a: .54*k Bye—No 2 84 <7 .86 । Better—Choice Creamery 25 ® .27

Cheese—Full Cream, flats 12 @ .13 Eggs—Fresh 13 ya .14 Potatoes—Western, per bu 1.05 @ 1.15 I XI HAN APOEIS. CATTLE—Shipping .''.so 6.00 C'noioe Light 3.00 yi 5.00 Sldee—Common to Prime 3.00 ' 5.25 WgKAT- No. 2 Red 1.05 y> 1.06 Corn—No. 1 White 69 @ .71 Oats-No. 2 White 55 y< .57 BT. LOUIS. Cattle 4.00 (ft, 6.00 Hoos 4.00 @ 5.00 Wheat—No. 2 Red 1.06 & 1.07 Corn—No. 2 67 @ .68 Oats—No. 2 54 @ .55 Barley—lowa 75 @ .80 CINCINNATI. Cattle 300 & 5.75 Hogs 3.1x1 yi 5.25 Sheep 4.00 yr 5.50 WHEAT No. 2 Red I.ll‘, H 1.12< Corn—No. 2 tie < . 1 OATS—No. 2 Mixed 55 ( .r DE I'ROI I . Cattle 3.00 yt 5.2.) I Hogs 300 ui t , . Sheep 3.00 o 5.50 Wheat-No. 2 Bod 1.11 v' 1 Iv Corn—No. 2 Yellow .69 o .71 OATs—No. 2 White . .35 @ 5o TOLEDO. Wheat 1 12 y< 1 12> t Corn—Cash 69 c 71 Oats—No. 1 White 55 yy .56 Clover Seed 4.10 y< 4.20 EAST LIBERTY. : Cattle —Common to Prime.... 4.00 (" 6.25 I Hogs—Light 3.25 & 5.50 Sheep—Medium 4.00 @ 5.50 Lambs 3.00 & 4.50 MIL WAUKEE. Wheat—No. 2 Spring 1.07 & 1.09 Corn—No. 3 62 y> .62 Oats—No. 2 White 58 (<y .59 Rye—No. 1 85 & .87 Barley—No. 2 75 @ .77 Pork—Mess 12.75 @13.00 NEW YORK. Cattle 4.00 @6.25 Hogs 3.25 @ 6.50 Sheep 5.00 ya 7.50 Wheat —No. 2 Red 1.17 @ 1.19 CORN—No. 2 82 @, .83 Oats—Mi.xel Western 58 @ .63 Butter— Creamery 22 @ .28 Eggs—Western 15 @ .16 Pork —New Mess.... 13.75 @14.50

AT THE GOLDEN GATE i PRESIDENT HARRISON AND PARTY IN CALIFORNIA. Mrs. Harrison Presses an Electric Button "hich Launches the Monterey—Correct Description of the Train—Human Ingenuity Must Strain Itself io Devise Anything More Elaborate or Comfortable The morning of President Harrison's marine excursion from San Francisco i opened with a fog enveloping the shores ' of the bay, but as the forenoon wore on ! the fog lifted and left the harbor spark- 1 ling in sunlight. Notwithstanding the announcement that tlie invitations to accompany tho President were limited to five hundred in number, the committee having charge of the excuision were besieged with applications from fully 5,000 persons who, being unable to secure coveted billets, crowded the steamers Ukiau and Garden City and numerous smaller craft which dotted the bay. tu at at the hour of the Presid““ b s embarkation over 10,000 had left the shore to accompany nim on the trip. At 10:30 o'clock the Pueblo steamed out into the bay from Broadway wharf and was soon followed by the warship Charleston, the Government steamers Rush and Marono carrying the Federal officials, and the revenue cutters Rush and Corwin with the Custom House officials As the Pueblo passed these vessels, which had formed a line about 300 yards apart, a salute was fired, and the band, which had been stationed on tho Pueblo, played a patriotic air. After the Government vessels had swung into the lino other steamers and craft conveying unofficial excursionists made haste to follow, and, with the white sails of the yachts skimming the 'FT WWwO I IBw lull ON THE PLATFORM OF THE “VAeUNA.” scene, tho pageant, from a marine point of view, had never been excelled on tho Bay of San Francisco. About? o'clock tho Pueblo headed for the Union Iron Works. The vessels which had been lying in the stream waiting for her got under way and followed ' in her wake, making a marine procession several miles in length. At the Union Iron Works the Pueblo was received with tho blowing of whistles at tho factory and on all steam ...XA--isiH%. klmr there. Tho cruiser Charles-

I!l M I'H I was taken off in a tug and paid an official visit to the Charleston, being receive.! with a national salute when he boarded the vessel and also when he took his departure By this time the bay for a mile in every direction from the Union Iron Works was studde'd with vessels of every description, upon the decks of which there were fully 20,000 people, who had come there to witness the launching of the armored coast defense vessel Mont rey. In addition to those on vessels there were probably forjy thousand people who witnessed the launching from the shore. Every housetop and street and every hillside overlooking the iron works yard as well as the yard itself was literally covered with people. Never was there such interest taken or such enthusiasm displayed at any similar event in this part of the country. On the shore and on the bay there was a perfect sea of flags and bunting, and for some time before the launching occurred there was a continuous screeching of steam whistles, to which was added the music of a score of bands on excursion steamers. A small platform had been built around the bow of the vessel, and on this were the Presidential party and other distinguished guests, and also a band from the navy yard. At 4:30 Mrs. Harrison pressed an electric button, which sent the vessel down the ways. The navy yard band played a national air as she glided into the water, and immediately there burst forth the greatest noise from steam whistles, to which was added the thundering sound of the Charleston's guns as she fired a national salute: cheer after cheer also arose from shore and from the vessels The launch was entirely successful. The President and party then returned to the Palace Hotel. If hen the Presidential party arrived at San Jose a national salute was fired and a large crowd gathered at the station cheered lustily. The visitors were escorted to the Hotel Vendome, where an address of welcome was made‘by Mayor Rucker, and responded to by the President as follows? Mr. Mayor and fellow-citizens, I am again surprised by this large outpouring of my friends, and by the respetful interest which they evince. I can not find words to express the delight which I have felt, and m hlch those who journey with me have felt, as we have observed the beauty, and more t han ail the comfort and prosperity which characterize Um great State of California, i am glad to observe Imre as 1 have elsowhere that my old comrades of the great war for the Union have turned out to witness afresh by this demonstration their love foi the tiag and their veneration for American institutions. My comrades, I greet you everyone affectionately. I doubt not that every loyal^State has representatives here of that, great army that subdued the rebellion and brought home the flag in triumph. I hope that you have found in th’s flowery and prosperous land, in the happy homes which you have built up here, in the wives and children that grace your firesides, sweet contrast to those times of peril and hardship which you experienced in the army, and I trust above all that under these genial ami kindly influences you still maintain that devotion to our institutions, and are teaching it to the children that will take your places. We often speak of children following in the footsteps of their fathers. Nearly a year ago atMhe great review of the Grand Army of the Republic at Boston, after those thousands of veterans, stricken with years

and labor, had passed along, a great army nearly as large came on with tho swinging rieu W at characterized you when you cared the flag from your home to the field. , hey were sonsof veterans, literally marchw v 1 O r steps. and so I love to . - n Ile hands of this generation that 1. coming on to take our places our Institutions are safe, and that the honor and glorw qul tlv rot’ 1 b ° maintalne <b We may us inth« Z?n° Ur rCSt When God shall ral l us In the full assurance that His favoring chi’i'b e " C ° I' 1 1 f ? llow UR ' and th at in your children valor and sacrifice for the flag will , always manifest themselves. । Monarchs have traversed land and j and history has recorded the ma-nifl- । cence of many a royal equipage, but no emp iror ever had opportunity to enjoy such luxurious traveling accommodations as have been conferred by ingenious and comfort-seeking man upon the President of the greatest republic the nations of the earth ever beheld. There have been many fine specimens of the car-builders’ art previous to the creation of this “Presidential special,” but it is questionable whether there is in railroad annals a more elaborately complete vehicular aggregation than the ono which was prepared for the journey of the chief executive and his guests. The gieat pan-American excursion train was regarded as being the acme of perfection, but that made its pilgrimage a year and a haff ago, and there have been many important improvements since that camo to a close. First in the string of five cars is the combination baggage, smoking, and library-car, Aztlan, upon the forward panels.of which is inscribed in large gilt letters; “The Presidential Special.” In one of the corners nearest the engine is a perfect incandescent electric light plant, with a nois^- little dynamo In frequent operation. In the same compartment the baggage and a reserve stock of supplies is stored away, all in the most admirable order and looking as little like tho ordinary everyday baggage car as could be easily imagined. A narrow doorway, generally occupied by a swinging door, separates the baggage section from the smoking-room and library. The upholstery is of olive plush, and the furniture is of a character that cannot fail to contribute to the comfort of those mortals who are privileged to use it. Two bookcases, one on each side of the car, contain a couple of hundred standard works, and beneath ea h of the cases is a desk and a supply of writing material. Between the cases and alongside of the clock is an electrio screw-fan which faces a twin contrivance at the opposite end of the apartment; these, when in operation, will keep the atmosphere fairly clear and reasonably cool. “Colorado” 1 is the name of the diningcar, and a more nearly perfect creation in the shape of a restaurant on •wheels could not easily be found The furnishings of the dining-car proper are supremely {esthetic. Cleanly waiters, clad in spotless white raiment, are not least among the 'attractions. The kitchen lacks nothing, and is presided over by one of the most experienced Afro-Ameri-can chefs. Next the commissary headquarters is the President's car, the “New Zealand.” So far as tho upholstery of the main interior is concerned, this is probably the least attractive subdivision of the train. The plush is a dull variety of blue, and the curtains are seal brown. Here and ' there newspaper representatives are quartered. But beyond the somberly comfortableappearing draperies is a traveling paradise —the drawing rooms occupied by tlio Prce'xl * —1 ' apartments, which arc en suite, are

moldings, while the seats and sofas are covered with a rich shade of terra-cotta plush. A more pleasing effect would hardly be possible. The “Ideal.” which is the car following immediately after the Presidential vehicle, differs materially from the other cars. Its interior is divided into six drawing-rooms, and each of these subdivisions possesses coloring and design distinctively its own. Moro interesting than any other portion of the train to the millions of men, women and children who will strive to see the President and Mrs. Harrison during tho next few days will be the “Vacuna”—the last car in the train. From its rear end the President will deliver I Jr II ui « ■Jo H r Irv; Sy , PRIVATE APARTMENTS OF THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. HARRISON. ! more than a few speeches, and, leaning over tho brass-topped bronze fence, must > of necessity shake many a horny hand, 1 to say nothing of the- hands that are not even moderately hard. When the train ' was inspected by Mrs. Harrison, shortly 1 before the hour of departure, she expressed a decided preference for the Vacuna as a day-car, and her judgment was applauded by the ladies of theparty. Tho foward end of the A'acuna contains six sleeping sections, upholstered in blue and metal fitted in brass. In the rear of these and separated from them only by the buffet is tho observation compartment, with plush-cushioned willow ; chairs enough to accommodate sixteen people, provided no one chair is burdened by more than one individual. Tho windows are largo and are made of tho finest plate glass. Human ingenuity may be able to make railway travel less irksome and more comfortable than it is now, but ingenuity must strain itself considerably if it succeeds in turning out anything more ' elaborate and complete than the “Presidential special.” ; Every man is by nature bis own god.