St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 19, Number 44, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 19 May 1894 — Page 2

fcOXEY IS CONVICTED. Headers of the commonweal FOUND GUILTY. I ^ludt'e Miller's Charite Was Strongly Against the Defendants—Released on Ball Pepdlng a Motion for a New Trial —“Gen.” Randall Arretted. They Walked on the Grass. The throe loaders of the commonweal, Coxey, Browne and Christopher Columbus Jones, have I een found guilty of violating the laws of the District of Columbia in their recent demonstra- j tlon on the Capit 1 grounds. The jury retired after hearing a long charge from Judge Miller, which left them little alternative but to convict if they followed his instructions. The verdict was guilty as to the first charge—car« tying banners upon the Capitol grounds—against all the defendants,and on the second charge—walking on the

grass of the Capitol grounds—guilty as to Coxey and Browne, and not guilty as to Jones. Attorney Lipscomb ^immediately entered a motion for a new trial and another in arrest of judgment. Judge Miller gave four days to file the formal paper. Then ■the judge made inquiries about bail,

V Irfe SENATOR ALLEN AKOU ES ,

and Frank Hume, a wel -known who’.e•a'e grocer, who several times has run for the Democratic nomination for (Congress from the Virginia district across the Potomac Rive>v-signed a ® nd in SSOO for each of the th:ee cou(tlcted oemm mwoa’ers. ' Gen. Coxey loft the room on the arm of his wife, pushing through a curious crowd, which made no demonstration. The conviction of himself and Jones J^r JUDGE MILLED Was a surprise to the Con nonweal sympathizers. Two weeks, a Washington dispatch says, may elapso, during which the trio will be free on bail, before the motion for a now trial is argued amhdecided. The penalty provided by law is the same for each offense, viz: A fine not to exceed SIOO and imprisonment in jail for not more ^hau sixty days, or both, within the Circngtion of the couit. Accordingly ^h a maxtmmn punishment which mav I lie meted out to Coxey and Browne Is i S-CO and KO days, while Christopher I Columbus Jones is subject to SIOO and ■ixty days. By a curious Congressional error in a recent bill which reorganized the District courts there is no Appellate Court to which a Police Court case can be carried. The only method of appealing from Judge Miller’s sentence will be by an application to a higher court for writs of habeas corpus and certiorari. Att >rnoy Lipscomb has announced that he will t ike this stop ' If Judge Miller overrules the motion for a new trial. However, such a petition will not operate as a stay of judg- •\ ’ Ai. a jC- rhiucX r . - . \ 1 ny miniU ^1 W ST’/ \ j UNCLE SAM'S USDIOXIHed ZEAL. tnent to keep the defendants from serving their sentences while it is pendii g. V* nc * for tho Cnmninn we;drr<. “Mr. Coxey came to ask tor tuo enact- > moot of laws," said Mr. Pome, “which he believes, and thousands of others I e-

lieve with him, will be of inestimable advantage to the unemployed of the country. “Coxey's plan m'ght be the most foolish or the most wise of all plans for relief from; the present state o'g affairs. He came to* present it peaceably at the head of an orderly body of Ameri-

can citizens, and had as much right to iietition Congress as anybody else. {opresentatives of large interests coming here as paid lobbyists to c irrupt Congress met with a warm welcome, but were the men who came barefooted, tramping through snow, led by a man who had the courage of his convictions, to be invited to the open door of a jail built through taxation upon the citizens?" ARREST OF “GEN.” RANDALL. He and Three of Flis Staff Taken Into Custody at La Porte, Ind. “Gen.” Randall, of the Chicago Commonweal Army, and three of his staff were arrested and placed in jail at La Porte, Ind. The arrest, a dispatch Bays, was made a mile outside the city limits and without a warrant, before any demonstration had been made by the army, which was en route to the city. Opinion is very much divided .

over the legality of the action, and is the cause of much discussion. The General was indignant when he was told that he was under arrest, and rising in his buggy he shouted: “I protest against this arrest. I am an American citizen and I have a right on this highway. ” Col. Hcedler, who was on hor. eback, turned to the group of officials and asked them if they had a warrant. His answer was that if they did not have a warrant they would got out one in good time. While Randall was descending from his buggy another pair of deputies were assisting Hoeft’er off his horse and the pair wore half dragged, half pulled toward the row of deputies that guarded the highway. Randall again remonstrated with : his captors over his arrest as illegal. 1 They roughly hauled him away, alter- ■ nately protesting and pleading. For । an instant it looked as if the column । would make a rush to ioscu> their I leader, although they weie as weaponless as a band of high school cadets. A t degrain was sei.t to Chicago for Dr. Grier and the best of counsel, and one of the best criminal lawyers in the State. Many citizens say that it would have been cheaper for all concerned to have fed the a> my. They argu) that lt'would have cost but sldu to feed the men, whereas it has now cost the city , and county $5 0, and it is quite possible that they are not through with the af- > fairI GEN. UWE ON THE ROAD. lUm Army Sturts from Indianapolis on Its ay to WiiMhtngton. Gen. Frye ami his army of 200 (Fed out of Camp Landers, at Indianapolis, / ” \ at 8 o'clock

/JW’' ' ’ K Wj OEN. HUB

Fry© said th© local press had given him help and had put 'M 0 into his pocket: that he had "worked" the town to Its limit and had a good time. Ha will roach Washington he think*, with $2,000 in the treasury, a greater portion Os which will come from the sal© of his book. He said the army wou d stop at all the t >wns on tho route. INDISTKIA Lx SHOT BY MARSHALS. Dtaut rout Attempt to C apture a Cattle Train Io Wn*hln K hton. Tacoma, Wash., dispatch: A catt’e train backed from Sprague to Hat erson with one industrial on, andcimo through Sprague at tho rate of thirty miles an hour. Four miles from Sprague th » industrial put on tho airbrake. Thirty industrials were in the grass waiting and they made for the train. Marshals were close at hand and fired twenty shots at them. Ten Indu-trials were shot. It is not known whether any of those left behind were injured or not. Marshals are holding the industrial* on the Columbia Hirer bridge. There is no town for seventy miles whe o anything to oat can bo got. There will likely bo trouble if the mon uro not allowed to pass. A marshal point d a gun under a car ami an industrial caught it and nearly killed the mar-hal. Thro© hun- | dred industrials are in Spokane, 2<«> in ‘ Sprague, and tho romaineor cast of tho mountains. ORDERED TO KILL MRS. LEASE. Crank Hua h Vision and Krntls 810 to Buy Flowers for Her Body. The Wichita, Kan., chief cf police received t» letter from bud© crana residing at Kenyon, Minn., in which there was inclosed 810 to buy "pure white flowers *Ao be plac d upon tho body of Mrs lease r n the day < t her funeral." which the render sets down. I He says that tho Na. at enei «mo to him ; in a vision with a cr« s- of I h'H>l pain L-d upon his breast and commanded him to kill Mrs. Lease. Overflow of News. Prince Bismarck is not permitted by his physician to re< eivo friends. Mrs. Lease may be nominal 1 for Congre s in Jerry Simpson s district, i Republicans elected W. H. Penman mayor of Fast Chicago, Ind., a id four of the six aldermen. C. F. Glivy, arrested at Pueblo, Col., is wanted for a murder committed at Auburn, Cal., three jears ago. Dr. A. A. Ramsey, a pioneer of Moni roe County, lowa, died at Albia. He was at one time member of the Legisi lature. ! An oil well was struck at Portland, Ind., by the Enire Company, the capacity of which isestimat 1 at Su j barrels daily. TROOPS charged with drawn swords ’on »nuM4jvisu rioters in Grajewo, 1 "‘to* vkilting four and wounding lo >. F h'k <>f the -a oons in Jerseyville, ' 111., closed their dons Stagnation of ■ business and high licenses w- re given : as the causes. | The grand jury at Muncie, Ind , in-I ! dieted Miko Gorman and Frank B na- ! j dam for tho murder of Lawyer Lemuel I Bailey two weeks ago. i The Controller of the Currency has i declared a dividend of 20 percent, for I creditors of the First National Bank of I North Manchester, Ind. Anthony Howells, Consul for the United States at Cardiff, Wales, is vis- ' iting his home at Massillon, Ohio, on a leave of absence until Juno. Robert McEwan shot and killed ■ himself at tho home of his father at I East Burlington, HL Ho was de- . spo.ndent over a long illness, j The next meeting of the Missouri Chautauqua Assembly will be held at Sedalia, Juno 2’’ to July 6, inclusive, j Thomas B. Reed or Bourke Cockran : will address the assembly. Mother Drexel, formerly Miss I Katherine Drexel, the Philadelphia I belle who f< unded the Order of the I Blessed Sacrament, has assum :d charge ; of the St. Catherine Indian School at Santa Fe, N. M. I Representative Meiklejohn has introduced a bill in Congress granting | to the East Nebraska and Gulf Rail- ■ way Company right of way through : the Omaha and Winnebago Indian res- ■ ervation in Nebraska.

ft w "-S K CAIHj llt )WXE IN i COURT.

NEW TORPEDO BOAT. ERICSSON IS LAUNCHED AT DUBUQUE, IOWA. First War Vessel Ever Constructed on Inland Waters—The Ceremony Witnessed by an Immense Crowd of People-Shaped Like a Cigar. Glides Off the Ways. The greatest crowd ever seen at Dubuque, lowa, assembled Saturday afternoon along the sloping embankments of the ice harbor to witness the launching of the first regular torpedo boat ever built by the United States Gov- ’ ernment. It Is designated torpedo) boat No. 2, but is really Na 1, as the ’ Cushing is simply a yacht altered over j and fitted with a torpedo tube. f At 3 o'clock in the aftarnoon a parade I formed in front of the government! building, in which the employe^ of thel works, the men who built the beautiful! craft, took a leading part. Capt Usher J who will command the vessel, and Mrs,J Usher, with leading citizens, includinXH the venerable ex-Senator George Jcnes, rode in carriages. The exq^ cises began with a speech by M. Walker of the Bi-ard of Trade. Ibv

-——————— I / * • TORPEDO BOAT ERICSSON. |

M onday on their way to Was h i n g t o n <> over the na\tional road. As t he ar m y /marched by on Wash i n g t o n street it was led by the Genoral and Corporal Mullen, who were followed by a flagbearer and a drummer. Before leaving

First Regiment Hand then played "The Star Spangled Hanner,'and an address wa» made by j. c. Longueville. "Marching Through Geo gia" was then rendered by tho band Judge O’Donr.ell -i oke, and then everything was in readiness forth > little Gmt. Mbs Kiene broke the bottle over the stem of th* l boat and -aid ‘•ln the name of the citv of Dubuque and in honor of the Un te l States and of our glorious emblem, the Stars and Strij>es, and a- a remembrance of one who won Imperishable renown in our war for tho preservation of this great and gran 1 Union, I christen thee Ericason. " As tho m >ment approached when th© mat stroke was to be given that would set the vessel free there was st Hine-* among tho va-t crowd; then as it gracefully glided Int > tho water a mijlij. ’oar m-nt up and the thundered a salute There wa<Tf n the least h ,t -h in the w ork Os and tho bus* aetUed ia ' seareely d sturbing it The Ix-auts and wfl d.-Ught tho or« Os a seaman. It I* pronounced by tshe i officers present a mole’ of ha kind. Th- bids forth” constr..et:■ n of this ve->>| w. re oj-me the ■» th ”f AugHl, i I s I. Bids Urn boat differing from ■ this om- ha 1 G-m <mh”d for bef< e the plans were change i — coml bids were asked for and thee nt a t wa* awarded to the lowa Iron Works of Dubuq:© tho w,»rk t-« be done for in3.:01 When th” anno;:.”, merit was made that a firm in the interior of the c > mtry, a tho <md mi.os from the -eab ard. La I th • b 'ld:>. -- t > bid » n a work of th.- rag-..: .1.-. gra-e doubts , wore e.\pre-e i by the seashort) bidders. They -ai i the work c uld not be done ther . o ! eia »w. re, therefore, ' sent to I üb:i . u to obtain a thorough A ■ OXE I THE EKH ssox’s BOILERS, understanding of the matter. They reporte i that every facility for b.iild- । ing V”s>e!- of th > description existed: in 1 übn y.i ' and the c nTaetors were authorize”, t ■ proceed with the work. I shaped l.ike a Ci^ar. The EricsrO i is built of steel p’ptes three-sixteenths of an inch in thick- , ness. Its length is 100 feet: benn"|L^ feet depth, io feet <> inches and aF’. placement of 120 t m*. In shap* I'ke a cigar. Its engines are of ej^rmous pu»vi, United at ’-‘.’fA horsepower. The boilers are constructed to give the greatest possible amount of I heating s n faee. I here are two sets । of four-cylinder quadruple-expansion ' engines of the vertical inverted directacting type, operating twin screws with a capacity of 42© revolutions a minute. The cylinder diameters are Hr. I*L 21- and do inches. The stroke of all pistons is 16 inches. These engines make 420 revolutions a minute, while those of an ordinary raft-boat make only 2* : . The equipment will be of the latest and most effective fashion. It will b • provided with a dynamo of power sutpe ent to burn twenty-eight incandes”ent lights, includingasearchligi.t. signals, etc. The pilot-house is a small cone-shaped affair, a short distance fr.m the stern. It will be armored. and is arranged to deflect any missile which may strike it. A dinow and a gig will be utilized for the small boats, and will hang from iron davits. There will be amidships four onep under rapid-firing guns to repel hoarding, its two smokestacks, anil a single short spar, more for ornament j than use. The chief armament, of । course, will be its torpedo guns, one on j each side, and the other at the bow. They will be operated with compressed air. The Ericsson will not be ready to leave Dubuque before next month. The launching of this boat marks a new era in the building of warships, as

n^umonst rates they can be constructMs n ^ n ' ant ^ waters safe from all aslrW ts py a foroi " n power, just as the |Hy pa ^ oc k Island can put 20,000 to work making arms with every WW m the country blockaded. I EPIDEMIC OF TWINS. WOennsylvanla Town that Should Bo fK Quarantined. I .Hope, Pa., wa; formerly an |^w-going, quiet place, content with popventionalitus of existence. nrX raCk f d Y?\ h anxietv all by an outbreak of W!; u ./ a,nil y which has them Je* may possess compensatp^^^dvantages, certainly lacks the eloIwR 1 osacntial toits elevation from tho 0 Y 1 B ° fogy and common- ; £? Bhlla . Whitely, New Hope's > clt Y on ' ls the father of eighteen lK dre ? . but ? ven his stai ' has been 'i ? lnC . e his neighbors on all sides |jWcluired pair-. ||y^t began with Mrs. Charles Johnston Wl y ow °f the town s leading butehrlW'i and Wlth ber re: ative, Mrs. Edward »hnston. The wives o f Constable I ®iewis Bonnet and Mrs. Ezara Ha’l [fell Uto line a few davs later, with a gi , rl t When l andlord W Os tho Parmers' H< t -1 evening he 4 letssung a wvh- hi'O tripI corner, Jonathan 8ar717^ A Vil^YX^ii_ i stable keeper. Mrs. John McDonald,

। ! the wife <>f a farm hand, and the bet- : ter half of Rev. Mr. Gray presented twins to their husbands wi hin a few ; hours of each ther. and the physician? who attend ' ! them ann unced that Mrs. James Pattie and Mrs. John Pe’”ison h id done likewise. 1 h”se addition* to tho p pnlativn had scarcely Iwn recorded when Mrs. I ; Irwin Hendricks n. wife of the propri- I etor of New Ho| o s big pajw'r mill, an I Mr- Fred Shabinger also contributed ( twins t < the throng. Mrs. Joseph | i Mo re. Mr-. Augustus and Mrs Michael ’ Gorman, the ro*y cheeked wife of a 1 plumber, have also come to the front roar tv tsn nr ihk > n *sox with their quota, and tho women of I New H I'O who have tw ins now al»out i equal th -e who have not. Oxrrflow ot Vrm Im -uaft i:e p l at Uambriilgo, Ma*., in mmoytd the lat » Edwin lh«'th, th” ae'or, wa* dedicated. Hl-X ‘O.Rx IX 1- 'RT, 2U years old. Committed suicide at ißa’ri'e, Neb., by hanging A q .urrul with his intended I 'Up;*'*’ I to have caused the j Mrs. < i„u; v Neih r'. elt fell fr< m a : row Gat at Grund Rapids, Mich. Her foot caught I nn r a at and he " head 1 wa* hel.l und r wat r until she drew d. The lowa " q r Court I a-sus- . • r ,. ank ~c , i imprisonment in the i • nitentiary for' I four and -naif year- for ki ling I ' Rtieor E. P. Wi.-hart at Des Moines on 1 I June 30, 1- 4. Mrs. Minnie. Seiji,man Cutting, I the act:e**, has l»”gnn suit at New York again-t Harry Miu- r f ir sIOj n) for brea "h of c- ntra”t. The proceed- I mg is the result । f the trouble over | the production ~f -J a dy Gladys.” Evidenee of the Darwin Theory. A man living in Hastings, B. C., I taught a p v monkey to drink a gin I land beer half-and-half every morning ; j before breakfast. Strange as it may < seem, th” anthropoid acquired a liking : for this beverage, and when it was । stopped the monkqy took revenge on i " R I ’i 7 "'l"' monkey was dead and the man so badly off that two doctors were called in. Complimentary. Mrs. Newcome invited young Mrs. Smith to step in to dinner.' “Hadn t I better go home and make myself pretty'?’’ asked Mrs. Smith. “Oh, r o dear—come just as you arel" “TIP.” ' ' ' l' ft ■ / 1 \\'j 'n ' ; I ' The big man-killing elephant that ' I was poisoned by order of the Central ' ‘ Park commissioners in New York. 1 •

KELLY’S ARMY SAILS AWAY. The Commonwealers Uive Des Moines on Flatboats. The railroads having refused to transport Kelly’s commonweal army from Des Moines, the “General” set about building flatboats on which to float his men down the Des Moines River to the Mississippi. About a hundrod of these b at^, rudely constructed by their own hands, were required to move the army. The fleet gvt away Wednesday at n on, bidding good-by to L'es Moines from the pack-ing-home two miles south of tho citv. Most of the boat, in the fleet were rigge I with oars or sailing gear, and sails were im revised from army blanMBwvv. ’R J , i — z “O^N ” KEO V kets. Because of the numerous sand bars the men were fre iuontly compell- d to wade and push the boats. The men. a dispatch say-, have enough provisions for several days, and the towns along the route will contribute liberally. “Prof.’’ King led the flotilla on his aquatic bicycle. The start was witnessed by a la' ge crowd. Kelly’s boats were soon strung along tho river five miles and made slow progress. One boat with ten army men and a number of Des Moines women and children capsized, ami all on board narrowly escaped drowning. Fully 2,Wd j eople stiaggled along the banks watching the ilotilla. Women : and children from the city were in ’ nearly every boat at the start, taking ‘ u short pleasure ride. AMERICAN MINERAL PRODUCT. i Value vt Output In IHU3 575,000,000 Leaa than In the rrrcediiiK I ear. The report on mineral resources for I' l ', c< mpiled at the Unite ! States geob g eal survey, shows a . aggregate valuation of iho product of of which u,217 lepresents the j n< n-me'allic product and $24'J,981,866 . the m-tali.' pro an", w ith an ::n-po I fed pnxluct of $1.000.0 hi. This is an aggregate dee inn of over $75,• 0 *,OOO from the previous year. A tabulated •tatem nt of output follows Value. Flit it".: >lon«tton.« I S-i.wl .476 Kllvr.fc-.’v.antroyoiimw 77.575.757 Gold I ■'.“A el troy oun^ < . 0 Copper. t-iT.tIS.M- ponn.ln 82.0M.M1 I.ea-t, IG3.M'.’(bort tons. 11,9M,580 Zinc. Th <n short tons 6,31.^560 yuickKllrcr. S' lS I flasks 1.105.5J7 Alundnlnm. 330.6.11 pounds '264.903 Antimony. iV'short tons. 4.5.000 Nickel. pounds 22.197 , Ttn. s.we pounds. 1.7*, ! riatlcum. ?• troy onnoes jit tßUui.ilnous coaLm r i.k lom 'Uns 122.C6T.0-J0 renHwyrrasra sntnracue, .o lot>< tone \ . 65.6 M 4« , 1.1 me. MLWW.W o barrels . at.veolooo bulMlnac so n« S3.STS r -T detuu o il.' ■■ bsrleU 2-. ijri.M Nsluralgas K.I4S.XSO Ulay, eaeept isnters’clay K.00.e0 < exnent. ''.“U 4' ' barrels fl. JOz.Mi Mineral waters, 23,543,305 gallons . i . 4,'3A.T33 Phosphate rock, ‘4>.:sci long tons.... 4.141.570 Halt, 11. Cd.lts barrels. . 8.931.137 Lime stone for iron flux, 3,955. 53 long tons 2.374.R33 Zinc. whit*. 24."'9short tons 1,Ma,430 I - ■ lair ; k tong tons 900,000 Gypsum. 233/13 short tons.. 806,6 U Horax. - f pounds.. 652.4 8 Mineral paints. C. 711 long tons. 580.283 Snlphur. 1.2 u short tots 42,0i>0 Asbest<>s. to short tons ... 2,500 EMIGRATION FALLING OFF. Decrease of 17,187 for the First Quarter of 1891, < ompared with 1893, The British government returns on emigration fi'r ihe three months ending April 1 nhew a m '.st pronounced ; decrease in the forced \pat nation of , British 'uu.ec.- Th total emigration in this period aggregated 21,915, i । r a decrease <d 11,DI compared with trie same jeriod of 1*93. The reduci tii n is shared proportionately by the three na’i nalit es of the United ■ Kingdom. There we e l' ; .* 1 eml- ' grants from Eng and, a d< cline of *.712; 2, 1 *93 irom Scotland, a falling off of 2,015, and 3,022 from Ire- ! land, a failing off of f',46 •. The falling I oft in emigration from Ireland is attributed t > the hard times now prevailing in the United State-, which I Las militated against Irish-Americana | so: warding remittances to pa_v the I { assage of their relatives and friends .to the other side of the water. The decrease was yenera! to every country, except South Africa, which sh- ws an j increase of O'. 9 over the corresponding I I eriod of last year. The failing off of ! emigration t > the United States for : the quarter aggr crated 20,7'9; to ' Canada, 6,303: to Au-tra ia, 70k The falling off was most noticeable in the month of March. GRESHAM ON SAMOA He Opposes Present Methods of Governing the Islands. In transmitting to the President voluminous correspondence re ative to Samoa, which has b en laid before Congress, Secretary Gresham declares that the so called autonomous government of the islands is really a tripartite foreign government imposed upon the natives. He points out tho grave difficulties it is now experiencing, and in conclusion asks “What have we gained by our departure from our established policy beyond the expenses, the responsibi ities, ami the entanglements that have so far been its only fruits?” He further holds that the treaty of Berlin has “not only involved us in an entangling alliance but has utterly failed to correct, if, indeed, it has not aggravated, the very evils it was designed to prevent.” Rrleflets. Pennsylvania Knights of the Golden Eagle met at Reading. The Burlington Road is experimenting in the use of oil for fuel cn locomotives. James Bartle. 11 years old. was killed at Jeffersonville, Ind., by the kick of a horse. William Crawford shot and killed Jessie Lowery and himself at Jacksonville, Ohio. They were lovers and had left a dauce in the village to take a walk.

“BOSS” CROKER OUT. Tammany’s Famous Chieftain Fornially Retires from Leadership. Richard Croker hai resigned as leader of Tammany Hall. When, says a New N ork dispatch, he had given

the last hand-shake and walked down Fourteenth street for the first time in ten years without a political weight on his shoulder he said: “Never again in my lie will 1 direct the p ilicies of Tammany Hall or of any other

KICHAKU CHOKER, hall.

Richard Cr ker was born in Ireland intiß43. When but a few years old he came to America, where he grew up a ward politician. For more than thnty years Richard Croker has taken a more or less active part in Tammany Hall, and since tbe death of John Kelly in 18'6 he has administered its affairs as its chief with unvarying success. Since he took charge of Tammany tho New A ork C ity Democrats have never suf- । red & reverse. He has had the naming of all nominees for city offi es and his word has beeu law in the organization. History of Tauimuny Hall. be recognized by its founders. Its beginning was as a charitable and patriotic association, without partisan ass fixations. As a patron saints the | founders of Tammany chose one of the , most noted of Delaware chieftains, i u hose name they gave to their organj Iza.ion. ( hies Tammany, said tradi- । tlon. ruled over thirteen tribes. The e । thirteen tribes, a- well as the original I thirteen States, were commemorated ■ by the division of the society into thirteen tribes, each of which had its I emblem chosen from the animal king- , dem the buffal >, the eagle, the wolf, j th • tiger, and so on. The tiger alone ha- survived to modern times a- the , syiftbol of the organization—at least, so far as political cartoons are con- ■ eerie 1. The association kept up the Indian analogy t iroughout. its meeting place >as a wigwam, its officers were thirteen -sachems" and a.“grand sachem,• a "sazamore” or guardian of its prop- । erty. a wisiinskle' or doorkeeper, a “scribe” and a “father of the council," to whom were added tho modern functionaries, a secretary and treasurer. Partisan polities 'first entered TamI nia iy at the time of the whisky insurrection in 179 L ! Thu* early enlisted in the strife of parties Tammany liegan to gain power as a political organization. It has had its p ri k!s of triumph and defeat until today it has the city under more absolute control than ever before It elects or appoints its every officer from Mayor to street-sweeper. 1 TO WASHINGTON'S MOTHER. I I । A Handsome Monument Dedicated at Fre lerp-ksburg, Va. । Tardy justice was recently dona f Mar., t o mother of Washington I when a han laome monument to her । fame was dedicated on the long-neg-

lected spot where her body lies buried, w e re* condiiei^'u nder the auspices of the National Mary t Washingto n Memo"rial Association, by wh )m the marble shaft has been reared, the first instance in history

XABI WASHINGTON.

I where a monument to a woman was erected by women. A most notable gathering was pres nt on the occasion, including Pre mlenf Cleveland and his I Cabinet, Vice President Stevenson, ■ Chief Justice Fuller, Gov. O’Ferrall, of | Virginia, an 1 a host of other promtHOME OF WASHINGTON'S MOTHER. n nt personages from all parts of the I country. Senator Daniel and Law- ■ rence ^Vashington, a lineal descendant ‘ of Washington's mother, were the orar । tors of the day. As early as 1830 the idea of erecting a monument to Washington's mother • was made public anl in 1833 the cor-

ft I I ' A MARY WASHINGTON’S

j ner stone of a shait was laid. But the work progressed n o farther, the man who promised to furnish the means having failed. The structure, as it was left, crumbled with slow decay and gradually went to pieces. Other movements of a similar nature j

were started, but monument. none of them took definite shape until three years ago, when the National Mary Washington Memorial Association was formed. These patriotio women immediately set out to collect funds for a monument, and the success which followed their undertaking is creditable alike to the distinguished woman whom they honored and to themselves. It is a subject of gratification to all Americans that the mother of our first President should at length, 104 years after her death, have a suitable token of respect raised above her unheeded grave. Ihe monument is a beautiful obelisk of plain white'marble, fifty feet high and eleven feet square at the base. It was executed in Buffalo and cost SII,OOO. Sparks from Wires. Ex-Mayor Jesse P. Farley, of Dubuque. lowa, is dead. He settled at Dubuque in l>3i. Tre lumber schooner Pioneer, of San Francisco, has been lost off the coast of Lower California. Hiram P. Blackburn, formerly a law partner of Gen. Black, was adjudged insane at Danville, 111. The United States Circuit Court of Appeals at St. Paul has affirmed a decision of the lower court declaring pool contracts illegal.