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Bloo mington Telephone BLOO MINGTON. INDIANA. WALTEI. a BRADFUTE, - - Publish A TIJ11BULEXT WORLD.

MTORTAJfT IIAIrEXrVGS OF THE DAT TOLD BY TELEOrtAPH.

foreign and Domestic Intelligence Transmitted hy Wire A Kaleidoscope of Interesting Occurrences Political Criminal Accidental and Industrial.

TANNER HAS RESIGNED. He Succumbs to the Opposition of Secretary Noble and Stejs Down. A Washington dispatch says: "President Harrison has received the resignation of James W. Tanner as Commissioner of Pensions. In his letter conveying the resignation it is said the Commissioner writes that he recognizes that difference: exist between himself and the Secretary of the Interior respecting the administration of the Pension Bureau, and that, these differences being radical, in the interest of a thoroughly satisfactory administration of the office he should resign. VICTORIOUS STANLEY. The Explorer Mates Easy Work with the Hostile Africans. The Mouvement Geographique states that Henry M. Stanley is marching to

ward Mombassa, after fighting his way through the hostile country of the Umjoro and Uganda tribes and conquering the natives. He has, the paper says, established the authority of the British East Africa Company over the country from the Upper Nile to the east coast. The paper declares that it is doubtful if Emin Pasha, to whose relief the Stanley expedition was originally sent, is accompaning Stanley to the coast. AROUND THE DIAMOND. Base-Baliuts Competing for the League Chain plonship. The official standing of the ball clubs that are in the race for the championship cf the associations named is given below: National. W. L. Vcl American. W, Ij. ??o

38 .e4l;Brooklyn....7S 36 .b84 40 .6298t. Louis.... 73 41 .637 51 .532!3altimore...63 47 .572 56 .SOelAtixlotic 62 48 .533 58 .4771 Cincinnati... 60 56 .517 65 .434K'M'8ity..48 67 .417 66 .4-26 Columbus... 18 70 .406 68 LouiuviUe...24 90 .210

Boston 6H New York... 6ft Fhiiada H Chicago ft. Cleveland... 5E Indianap .50 Pittab;g....49 Wa-Bn'gt'n.,8

Western. W. L. Qmana 75 28 St. Paul 66 41 Minneapolis 54 51 Sioux City. .52 54 Milwaukee.. 47 57 Denver 46 50 BL Joseph.. 42 56 Des Moinea.34 70

Vc. Interstate. W, .728 Davenport.. .58

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WON BY JOB McAULlFFE. Itt&illen Knocked Oat at San Francisco la the Seventh Bound. At San Francisco, CaL, the fight to a finish, Queer sherry rules, between Pat Killan, heavy-weight champion of the Northwest, and Joe McAuliffe, ex-heavyweight champion of the Pacific Coast, for a purse of $2,500, $500 to go to the loser, took place at the Golden Gate Club, and was won bj McAuliffe in the seventh round. Wouldn't Watch Their Brothers. The men brought to Punxsutawney, Pa., by the Buffalo, Rochester, and Pittsburgh Goal and Iron Company, of whom there were about 200, to act in the capacity of policemen to protect the company's property, have all left. Being composed principally of laboring men they would not permit themselves to be used as the instruments to defeat their brother laborers. Will Try to Prove It in Court Cab&isiiE D. Graham, who avers he made a trip over Niagara Falls, is going to sue those who contradict his statements, claiming they hare libeled him. He is particularly angered against Haggerty, who claimed he had seen enough to convince him that the trip had not been made. A Great Pennsylvania Cave-in. In the Wyoming Yailey in Pennsylvania, a half-mile of ground just outside the town of Plymouth, settled over a coal mine. Several mules were in the mine at the time and all were killed. The miners escaped with but the loss of their tools. Jay Gould Rapidly Getting: Blch. ThX Western Union directors have declared the regular quarterly dividend of 1 per cent; The statement for the quarter ending Sept. 50 estimates the net revenue at $l,750,COof the largest inyears.

An Iowa Appointment. The following appointments have been

made: To be Collectors of Internal Revenue, John S. Jjothrop of Iowa, fcr the Third District of Iowa ; James vV. Hearne c f Texas, for the fourth restrict of Texas. Brief Dispatehei. Mrs. Thomas Logan, of Cincinnati, tried to rmoke mosquitoes out of her bouse and burned up a $15,000 residence. An offer by an English syndicate of $3,500,000 for the Thoma Iron Company's works at liokendaugua, Pt., has been accepted. At Doncaster, England, the St. Leger takes were woo by the Duke of Portland's bay colt Donovan. The Great Council of the Improved Order of Bed Men held its annual session at Baltimore. During the past year the membership increased 10,850. The report of the Wagner Palace Car Company for the quarter ending June 30 shows gross earnings in sixteen States and in Canada of 1704,796; expenses paid, $645,418. j EASTERN OCCURRENCES.

Jim Steabks, of Saratoga, N. Y., a recluse, is arranging for his death, and has declared he will never eat another morsel. He has made his coffin, bought land for a grave, and made all other necessary preparations. He is a religious fanatic, but believes voluntary starvation is not wrong. He will leave quite a valuable property to the poor. Henby W. Genet died at his house, 102 West One Hundred and Twentyfourth street, Nen York, from cancer of the mouth. He 'ras prominent in New

York politics during tide Tweed regime and was known as "Prince Hal." At Johnstown, Pa.k, over $1,500 has been subscribed to puh the suit against the South Fork Fishing Club for reson sib ili,ty for the rer nt disaster. The suit will be pushed as rapidly as possible. The Douglas Axe Manufacturing Company, with an office at Boston and a factory at Douglas, Mass., has beeu bankrupted by its Treasurer, Denniscn Dana, who has disappeared. He bad been in the employ of the company thirty years, and has earned off a large amount oi money. Extexsivr forest fires are rr-ing in portions of Maine. AiiTHOCGH there is but little rr.oney in sight except that received from thd State appropriation, the 6cliool directors of Johnstown, Pa., borough have decided to open the schools on the 31Jth of September, and hope to raise funds enough to keep them open for a term cf eight months. Considerable money is expected in response to the appeal recently made for help, however. For many years the schools here have been kept open for a term of nine months. The Hon. R. B. Dun,. ex-President of the Maine Central Buiiroad, has died at "Waterville, Me.

People in Wilkesbarre, Pa., were considerably agitated by a sharp shock of earthquake which occurred a few evenings ago. Building? there, in Ashley, Kingston, Pittston and surronndinirtowns trembled for several seconds vigorously enough to rattle glassware and crockery, and in some cases to throw them to the floor. The monitor Passaic encountered heavy seas otf Sandy Point, near Annapolis,

Md, the other day. The monitor was towing tbe steam launch Swan, which swamped and went down. John H. Bush, a seaman left on the launch, was in the water, and a whaleboat, containing Ensign H. C. Dressel, David Moore, Ifrederick Carr and Seamen Parker and Scott, picked him up. The whaleboat oould not get back to the Passaic and drifted down the bay. WESTERN HAPPENINGS. At Linkville, Oregon, fire broke out back of a saloon and in two hours the whole business part of the town was in ashes. The loss will be at least $160,000, and perhaps $200,000. There was no loss of life. Ben Monroe, a barkeeper, was severely burned. The town was wept clean from the bridge to the telegraph office, which was saved by hard work. About five blocks on each side of Main 6treet were burned. The fire was incendiary in origin. It has bern discovered thatH. H. Dean, a minister who disappeared from Liberty, Mo., recently, negotiated forged paper to the amount of $700 before he left. Congressman Peters, of Kansas, has perfected arrangements for a congressional party for a trip through Indian Territory. It will be conducted by Vice President O'Day, of the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway. Mr. Peters' party will include Represents ive6 Springer, of Illinois; Mansur, of Missouri; Baker, of New York; Perkins, of Kansas, end several other Congressmen who were conspicuous in supporting the

Oklahoma bill passed by the last Congress. WhuiE Bole Hensen, engineer of the propeller Norma, and Jacob Weber, a sailor, were scuffling on board that boat near Sandusky, Ohio, Weber slipped and fell overboard, dragging Hensen with him. Weber was drowned, but Hensen was rescued. Charles and Lizzie Atkins have been arrested at San Francisco for manufacturing and passing counterfeit nickels. At Winchester, Kan., a crowd of boys on mischief bent thought to frighten one of their companions by putting a "tick-tack" on his window. Willie Bay, who was selected as the victim, thought the boys were burglars and fired a load of buckshot :nto the crowd. Daniel Lowe' received a bullet in the head and will die. Tom Gardiner received four wounds, one of which was in the head and another through the lungs. His recovery is doubtful. Ed Lucas received a painful wound in the arm, An Indian runner at Bozeman, Mout., carries information that the whole of the fertile St. Regis district in Missoula County, including the famous Cokuly ranch, has been laid waste by fires. A prospector named Anderson was burned to death, and it is supposed that mam others lost their lives. The pecuniary loss will amount to nearly $1,000,000. At San Francisco David Nagle filed a complaint ia the United Staies Circuit Court charging that a conspiracy existed between Mrs. Terry and others to take the life of Justice Field. The "Big Four," Pan Handle, Mouon and Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton railroads have agreed to restore passenger rates between Cincinnati and Chicago, Sept. 22. Richabd E. Taylor, charged with complicity in the forgery by which Wells, Fargo & Co. lost 4,800 at San Jose, Cal., has been brought to San Francisco from Honolulu on the steamer Australia. He escaped from the officers en route, but was found in the vessel's hold upon its arrival. The plant of the anarchist paper Die Parcle, which sprung into notoriety at the time of the anarchist troubles in Chicago, has been sold at St. Louis lor $48.75. Eleven men were killed in the White Ash Mine, near Golden, Col. They were working in a drift 730 feet under ground and 800 feet from the shaft. The drift runs near an old abandoned shaft, in which there was some fifty feet of wator, which finally burst through into the drift where the men were wor ic -ing. Shortly afterward fire broke out in the mine on the 285-foot level, which is just above the water's edge. The mine has been blocked for the purpose of smothering the. names. All hopes of recovering the bodies of the men are now abandoned. The victims are John Murphy, William Collins, Jack Co: litis, Joseph Butler, Joseph Allen, Wiliia n Bowcen. David Lloyd, John Morga l, Henry Husemon, Richard Bowe and or e whose name is unknown.

SOUTHERN INCIDENTS. Jefferson Houce, a white man, aged 25, has been jailed at Fort Smith, Ark., on a charge of bigamy. Two girln, neither over 10 years of age, appeared and swore that he married them last wit ter. Hogue acknowledges that he mar

ried them, and also that he has another wife living at Eureka Springs, Ark., and the officers say that he has still two others, H. H. Rouse, J. W. Shivers, and John Shivers were killed by lightning near Albany, Georgia. They were on their way to market with cotton, and took refuge under u tree from a heavy shower. Near Hardaway a railway bridge was struck by lightning, and six men who had sought shelter under it were killed, S, L. Ekslet and S. T. Fowler, miners, were crushed to death by a fall of slate and coal iu the Simmons Creek mino near Princeton, W. Va. "

Sam Foster is dying near Hillsboro, Texas, from a gunshot wound inflicted by his 7-year-old son. Foster, in a drunken rage, had knocked his wife down, aud the child, thinking he had killed its mother, shot him. Advices from Charleston, Miss., report seven negroes killed there within forty-eight hours, including George Allen the Le Flore County incendiary, who was hanged. Tbe total number of killed up to date is estimated at 100. Thr great council of the Improved Order of Red Men held its annual session at Baltimore. The Order now numbers 85,174, and there are 123 tribes. POLITICaIT PORRIDGE. As the result of State conventions the, following tickets have been placed in the field by the parties named: New York Prohibitionists Secretary of State, JoBseH. Griffin; Comptroller, Hand; Traserer, J. W. Bruce; Attorney-General, C. A. Hart ; 8tate Engineer, A J. Kenyou; Judge Court or Appeals, W. J. Farrington. Washington Republicans Governor, ex-Gov.

Charles E. Lnngton, of Okauooan; Secretary of State, Allen Weir, of Port Townsend ; Treasurer. A. A. LinBley, of Union llidge ; Auditor, T. M. Reed, of Olympia; Attorney-General, W. C. Jones, of Spokane Falls ; Superintendent of Public Instruction, R. V. Brvait, of Chehalia; Land Commissioner, W. T. Forrest, of Lewis; Congressman, John L. Wilson, of Spokane Falls. South Dakota Democrats Governor, P. F. McClure ; -Lieutenant Governor, A. W. Pratt; Secrotary of State,Otto P. Miller ; Auditor, J.E. Hortonj Treasurer, A. D. Hill ; Attorney General, H. Fellows; Superintendent Public Instruction, G. H. McFarlane; Ijond Commissioner, H. S. Valkmar; Supreme Judges, S. B. Buskirk, C. H. Winson, and D. McLaughlin; Congressmen, L. O. Jeffries and B. M. Booth. The Democrats of Washington Territory, in State convention, chose the following ticket: Lieutenant Governor, M H. Platter of Whitman; Secretarv of State, W. H. Whittelsey of Port Townsend; Treasurer, Col. Kauffman of Taconia; Attorney General. H. J, Snivel y of Yakima ; Superintendent of Public Instruction, J. H. Morgan of Ellensburg; Land Commissioner, J. H. Taylor. The New Jersey Democratic State Convention met at Trenton and nominated Leon Abbett for Governor by acclamation. The Tplatform reaffirms the St. Louis platform, declares that trusts cannot be justified upon any fair plea of commercial enterprise, and favors equal taxation and a revision of the electoral laws.

ACROSS THE OCEAN. An explosion occurred in the iron stone pit of the Maurice Wood colliery, Midlothian, Scotland. Sixty-two miners were intombed. Four bodies have been recovered. It is believed that the sixty miners stili in the pit are dead.

Gen. Boulangek has written to

Prime Minister Tirard, claiming the right to be tried hy court-martial and pledging himself to appear before such tribunal. The refusal of a trial by courtmartial, the General says, will be equivalent to an admission on the part of the government that it fears the impartiality of & military court. Earthquake shocks were felt in the western :wxt of France. The shocks were most severe at Anders and Nantes, but no damage is reported. Pbin;e Bismarck's physician has ordered him to abstain for the present from all pr.blic business. He is suffering with inflamed veins. -President Legitime, of Hayti, charges that United States Minister Thompson played the part of spy in the diplomatic corps under pay of General Solomon. In the boat race for the world's championship, at London, Searle, the Australian, defeated William O'Connor, champion of the United States and Canada. It is said that Canadians lost $4wl, 000 on the race. During the progress of a bullfight at Regla, Cuba, a part of the circus collapsed. Seven persons were wounded. Estimates of the loss by the recent fire at Antwerp range from 25,000,000 to 35,000,000 francs. No public building was injured. The tire still smolders over a large area, which is surrounded by a cordon of troops. The firemen are working night and day pouring floods of water upon the ruins. Ten persons who ventured too near the ruins met with accidents, due to the occasional explosion of cartridges. Some steamers in the dry docks are badly damaged about the decks. Mr. Corvilain, the proprietor of the cartridge factory, is charged with homicide by imprudence. His defense is that the lire originated in the petroleum sheds and caused the explosion in the cartridge factory. Large subscriptions to the relief fund have been received. King Leopold heads the list with 12,000 francs. Belief fetes aud performances have been given in Brussels, Paris, and Berlin.

FRESH AND NEWSY It has been decided to elect ex-Senator Thomas C. Piatt President of the, Tennessee Iron and Bailroad Company, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of exGovernor Brown. Grand Commander Alokr, of the Grand Army of the llepublic, has issued h s first order and named his starf officers. It is reported from West Selkirk, Manitoba, that several sailboats, containing a number of mill hands and Her. Mr. McHafho, a minister, were capsized in a gale on Lako Winnipeg. Twc bodies have been washed ashore. At a meeting in Boston of the Atchison Railway directory President Strong tendered his resignation and Allen Manvel, late Vice President of the Manitoba, was unanimously elected a director and President of the company to succeed Mr. Strong. The visible supply of grain afloat and in store, as reported by the New York Produce Exchange, is: Wheat, 14,098,032 bushels, a decrease of 287, to! bushels;

corn, 12,090,698 bushels, an increase of 385,114 bushels; oats, 0,111,257 bushels, a decrease of 19,401 bushels. The death of Mrs. Ellen M. Gifford causes upward of $100,000 to go to Yale College, agreeably to the terms of her late husband. Burglars entered the hardware store of W. C. McLeoi at Woodstock, Ont., and captured $150 in cash and $35,000 in notes. The following report appears in the Farmer Jtvview; The reports of ov.r correspondents indicate that the hut; crop of jss:i ftjuaU aud probably excoodn t bat of 1HSS. Tin Mipply in Indiana, 3 UinoiH. Ohio, and lam -us is Minu'wlmt Iitss than that of last y a . Wirtooiiftin and .Missouri havt about thu Mini number of boys, whiloKen1 1: ky, Iowa, Nebraska. Michigan. Minnesota, and jialiota bliowRii increase, particularly the btato last HiiuiUonod. As v, rule hogs are reported unusually healthy fo.c the Reason of the year. A number of correspondent report scattering cases of hrg cholera, but very few general or disastrous outbreaks. The greatest number of report h of dit-eane come from Illinois. 11. G. Dun fc Co.'s weekly review of trado says: Real improvement is Been in almost fivcry de-paitment-of biiHinesB. With each work it becomea more certain that 1 ho crops of the year v ill bo large, and of late the news from abroad has clearly indicated a lar'fr foreign demand, vhiie mien speculation as might unvnt the outward movement of eraiu and provisions bag thus Inr beeu preveuttrf. In cotton, on 1 lie nth t baud, tin present scarcity rule the price in tpile of briyht prospects at to the coming crop. The prevailing opinion is that all danger of monetary stringency is over for the year. The reports from various cities are unusually en tiactory, indicating at every point either improvement "or coutinuanco of previous activity where the exxension of trade had been greatest. At Chicago sales and collections are up to the average, and the supply of money is ample for the demand. At Omiha and St. Paul heavy business continues, and at Kausa.1 Citv there is an increase, with money at all these points in fuir supplv and collections fair. The demand is brisk at " Milwaukee, but the supply ample. At Detroit collections are better and business increasing. At Cleveland there is great activity. At Pittsburgh and Philadelphia improvement continues in the iron business, and glans is fairly active, as are liquors, drugs, and chemical) at Philadelphia. At Boston, wool is selling freely, largely of Montana and Ohio fleece, at some concessions in

nriees, but more confidence is felt. Leather is

n active demand, and boots and shoes are

steady, with the factories well supplied with orders until October. The improvement in iron and steel is general at Philadelphia and Pittsburg. During the last week there has been great activity and a general advance in stocks. Both in Imports and e?: ports the increase over last year continues enormous, and the rate of foreign exchange has advanced to 488, the Bank of Kngland holding the minimum at i per cent. The general level of prices of commodities is a shade lower than Sept. 1. The bnsinesn failures number 201, as compared witnatctal of 211 the previous week, and 206 the week before that. For the corresponding week of last year the figures were 221. The following weather crop bulletin is issued by tho Signal Office: The week hat bet n warmer than usual in the upper Mississippi Valley aud in the Northern Siatoa east of the Mississippi, and also in Kentucky, West Virginia, Minnesota, and Dakota, the greatest excesss in temperature occurring in the lake regions, Minnesota, and Kast Dakota. It was slightly cooler than usual iu the Southern States, the most marked departure in temperature being in the interior of Texas, Arkansas, and Northwest Louisiana. The thermal conditions for the season continue substantially aa previously reported. Over the entire country south of the lake regions and generally over the States of the Mississippi valley there exists a slight deficiency in temperature. There has been an excess of rainfall from the lake regions southward to the Gulf coaat and from Missonri southward

over Texas, the heaviest rainfalls occurring in the States of the central valley. Light rains also occurred in th Northwest, over which region the rainfall was below the average, except in Northern Dakota and Minnesota, where Blight excesses are reported and at the Central Rocky Mountain stations, w&ere the average rainfall occurred. The weather during the week has been specially favorable throughout the principal corn-producing Stains. The much needed rainti have occurred over the entire corn region, and the light frosts are reported to have causedno material damage to the crop. Corn cutting is now progressing iu Southern Michigan and a large iercentage of an abundant corn crop will probably be secure from frost during the coming week. Drought and high winds caused some damage to late crops iu Dakota. In Kentucky and Tennessee heavy rains cau sedQ some damage to r i pe tobacco. Tha damage to the cotton crop from worms in Arkansas is i;ot so great as was anticipated, but considerable damage has resulted from thi6 source in Minnesota. In New England and the middle Atlantic States the weather conditions for the week were especially favorable for all crops. In these sections the potato crop was improved. The dan. 043 from rot will not be so great, as was first reported. In New Kngland the bean crop iA improving, a heavy crop ot buckwheat is ready for harvest, and cranberry picking is in progress, with a prospect oi'moro than an avfu?c crop.

IAMD FOR PLACES. Consul rneral to Bolivia Other Appointments, Tf.2 following appointments have been m ado: Tlxmias H.lAnderson, of Ohio, Minister Besidet and CoubuI General to Bolivia. Levi W. Nay lor, of Wisconsin, has been appointed Postoffice Inspector on Money Order Service. Cou-suls-rJoKoph T. Mason, of Virginia, at Mannheim; Bernard C. MacAuley, of New York, at Managua, Nicaragua; A u leek Palmer, of the District of Columbia, at; Dresden ; John D. ?Littlo, of Texa., at Bristol. Secretaries of Tcatiou Edwin Dun, to Japan; Arthur W. BarreU, f Massachusetts, to Venezuela ; William B, Garum., " T"biua, Second Secretary of Legation to Japan. Alton riutwi, Revenue Storekeeper and Gauger in the Sixth Indiana District. George W. Lyon of New York City to be Surveyor of Customs for the port of New York. Theodore B. Willis of Brooklyn, to be Naval Officer of Customs in the District of New York. Ernst Nathan, to be Collector of Internal lievenue for the First District of New York. MARKET REPORTS CHICAGO. Cattle Prim 0 .$4.50 & 4.75 Good 3.50 uj5 4.25 Common 2.50 3.50 Hons Shipping Grades 4.00 4.75 Siikkp..... 3.50 & 4.50 WiiiiA'i No. 2 Bed 75V.(fi? .76 C0HX--N0. a 3ii .34 Oats No. 2 PJ (Oi ,19 IfiYK No. 'J 41 '$ .4'2 Brrriat Choice Creamery 17 e .10 Chkksk Pull Cream, tlats 08 & .08 Eggs Fresh 15'. .ppg Potatoks Choice new, por bu.. .HO .35 Pokk Mess 11,25 iiSll.75 MILWAUKEE. Wheat-Cash 72 J .73 Cons No. 3 lis 4 .34 Oats -No. 2 White .22 v .23 ItYK No. 1 42 ' .43 Baulky No. 2 56 .o7 Poiik Mess 11.25 (&11.75 DETROIT. Cattle 3.00 4. 00 Hogs 3.75 3 4.50 Shkkp 3.25 .25 Wheat No. 2 Bed 78 & .79 Cobn No. 2 Yellow 3 $ .36 Oats No. 2 White 22 .22l TOLEDO. Wheat No. 2 Bed 79 .80 Ooiin Cash 35 .36 Oats No. 2 White 20l.yi .21 NEW YOIiK. Cattle 3.50 & 5.00 Hogs 4,25 e 5.00 Bhkkp 4.00 c 5.50 Wheat No. 2 lied 84 .86 Cohn No. 2 42Vi$ .436 Oats Mixed Western 25 d .28' Poiik Mess 12.60 13.50 8T. LOUIS. Cattle 4.00 (n 4.50 Hogs 4.00 C'9 4.50 Wheat- No. 2 Bed 70 t$ 77 Cokn No. 2 31 .32 Oats.... 48 e4 .40 KYE No. 2 38 ,38& 1 N 1 I A N A P OL 1 H. Cattle Shipping Hteers 3.50 (3 4.50 Hogk Choice lAht 3.50 4 4.50 Khkki Common to Prime 2.50 l'S 4.25 Lambs 4.25 5.50 CINCINNATI. Wheat No. 2 Bed 73 w .74 Cokn No. 2 37 .87 u Oats No. 2 Mixed 20 .21 BYE No. 2 40 t .42 PoitK-,Myss 10.25 (&10.75 KANSAS CITY. Cattle Good s.75 & 4.25 Medium 2.75 3.75 Butehera' 2.00 (rt) 3.00 Hogs 3.50 & 4.25 fc'HKKP 9.00 & 3.75

CONGRESSMAN COX DEAD

THE STATESMAN AND AtTHOB BREATHES HIS LAST

S. s. cox. day until about hour beforo the

His Death the Ksult of Heart Failure Caused by Peritonitis Th End of Busy Career-Incidents in the Life of a Noted Alan. A New York dispatch reports the death of Congressman S. S. Cox at hia home at 8:00 o'clock Tuesday even-

ing. ine sua was quiet, and the dying man breathed hia Lust as peacefully n3 if falling into a light sleep. Mrs. Cox, who had been scarcely away from her husiband's bedside for the Jast two days and nights, held his hand, while his old friend Douglass Taylor hold the other. He baa been conscious al 1 a quarter of an

end. Dr. Lockwood was in attendance at the time. Nicholas Kearney, William Hirscbiield. two nurses, and two servants were in the room. All knelt about the bed. Mr. Cox's last conversation was about the four Territories whose statehood he hoped to fa the:-. He mentioned New Mexico and Arizona, and said something about making a great effort in their behalf at the coming session. Two hours before ho died his colored servant, who had ;i ust come on from Washington, went to the bed and Mrs. Cox asked her husband if he recognized him. Ho looked at him and patted him on the shoulder. Tho colored man's eyes tilled with tears, while all were deeply affected. In the afternoon, while Dr. Lockwood was talking to him, Mr. Cox made some witty remarks whiL'h completely upset tho doctor's dignity. Later in the afternoon telegrams were sent to Mr. Cox's three sisters, two of whom live in Zanesville, Ohio, and the other in St. Louis. Mr. Cox's nephew, who is the superintendent of the Smithsonian institution, was also telegraphed for. Dr. Lockwood said that the immediate cause of death was heart failure, and the cause peritonitis. Telegrams were sent to Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of representatives J. P. Leedom and to Sneaker Carlisle, Mr. Cox was taken ill four weeks ago while on a tour of tbe :i!our newly acquired States. He returned home and improved for a few days, but took to his bed two weeks ago and did not leave it. He retained his mental faculties to the last, and made a determined battle against death. Mr. Cox was the son. of Ezekiel Taylor Cox and was born in Zanesville, Ohio, Sept 30, 1824. Ho attended the common school and afterward &pent some time in the Ohio university. He then entered Brown college at Providence, R, 1., and graduated in the class of 1846. Ho studied law and returned to Ohio to practice hia profession. He did not take kindly to the work and made a trip to Europe, the story of which he told in A Buckeye Abroad.1' Oh his return he became editor of the Ohio Statesman, published at Columbus; In l85o he was appointed secretary of

legation to Peru, and on hia return was elected to Congress .from the Columbus district He stood by the Union in. the dark period just before the war, and was returned to the XXXVIih, XXXVIIth, and XXXVIIIth Congresses. In 1864 ho was defeated by the Republican candidate, and the following spring removed to New York. In 1868 Mr. Cox first appeared aa a candidate for Congress in New York city and was elected by a large majority over Starr, his Republican opponent. The majority was greatly augmented two years after, when Horace Greeiley ran against him. In 1872, wher; he ran for Congresa-man-at-large agaimit Lyman Tremaine, he was defeated. He was a few months after chosen to fill the iseat made vacant by the death of James Brooks. He was re-elected to the XUVth Congress, was appointed speaker pro tempore June 7, 1876, and was elected speaker pro tempore June 19, 1876, serving until June 24. He was elected to the XLVth, XLVIth, XLVIIth, and XLIXth Congress, and resigned to become minster to Turkey. This position he resigned and took his seat in the XLIXth Congress, filling the vacancy caused the resignation Joseph Pulitzer. He was re-elected to the Lth Congress and again to the List Mr. Cox was a fluent talker and his fund of humor was inexhaustible. As a story-teller he had few equals. He was kind and generous IO & fault and made many friends. The production which won for bim tbe sobriquet of 'Sunset" woa a piece of descriptive writing which appeared in the Ohio Statesman May 19, 185H. He was in the composing-room of the Statesman the evening before and witnessed an unusually brilliant sunset. Afiar viewing it for a few minutes he sat down and wrote a florid description of it The article was widely copied, and was ofteu quoted by Mr. Cox's opponents during: debates in Congress. SEPTEMBER CROP REPORT. A Reduction In the Percentage of General Avrusr from former Months. Washington dispatch: The September crop report rnaketi the general average of corn yi, a reduction, of nearly 5 points; of winter wheat when harvested 8.4, a decrease from on July 1 ; of spring wheat an increase from HU2 in

August. 1 his makes the general average of ail wheat 87.6. The general , condition of oats is 9(, instead of 8 last month; of rye, VI. 15; of barley, 89 instead of 90.6; of buckwheat, 92.1 instead of of tobacco, 76.2, a reduction from 84 4 The percentage of stock hogs available for fattening is 101; condition, US. The corn crop is a week late in a large proportion of its breadth. In the Ohio valley and lako region there has been a marked reduction of coudition during t&e last month from drought following the heavy rains of early summer. In Ohio and Indiana there was previous injury to bottom land crods by floods. In Michigan and Wisconsin the effects of drought and other influences are most injurious. There is complaint of drought west of the Mississippi, too late in the season for serious reduction. West of the Missouri conditions have been more f avorable than in any other part of the country and the crop is very large. Duro clerks ought to have good salaries. The man who hurts his conscience 1,000 times a day by saying "we do not keep ifc- hub we have a preparation put up by ourselves that is better," should be well paid. -Weil Orleans Picayune. To he successful in any enterprise, employ a messenger who is deaf, dumb, and blind; such a messenger is money.

Literature is the diet of the common mind, but genius feeds on the unwritten things.

PRINCETON JUBILATES.

COMMEMORATING TIIK FOUNDING OF

",THK OtD JLOG COULEGJE." f A Throng ef 25,000 People Present at th Exercises President Harrison Make v Short Addres to the Assembled Malti tude Other Speakers. The old log college celebration, under tne auspices of the Presbytery of Philadelphia, was begun Thursday on the old Tenneni; farm, near Hartsville, Bucks county. Pa , where the college was originally located. The farm is about twenty miles from Philadelphia. Thursday's exercises were) really commemorative of the founding of the Presbyterian church in the United States. Ti.e log college was established in 1726 bj William Tennent, and flourished until 1742, when Princeton college was founded. It may be said that the Princeton institution sprang from the primitive college established by Tennent When the celebration was first talked of President Harrison promised to attend, and he haa kent that promise by coming here to gether with Postmaster-General Wanamaker, Mrs. Harrison, the Re. J. W. Scott, and Private Secretary Falford. The President and his friends arrived from Washington Wednesday evening and spent the night at Mr. Wanamaker's country home at J enk into wo. Early Thursday morning the party started for the place where the exercises were held, driving in carriages over the old York road for a distance of eight miles. Tents had been erected on the Tennent farm and an immense crowd from the surrounding country was present There were also many prominent Presbyterian divines. A long program of exercises had been arranged, and at 11:30 the services of the day were opened by the reading of a verse of Scripture by the Rev. Joseph Beggs,!). D., of Philadelphia. Then followed a prayer by the Rev. U W. Eckard t Abbington, Pa.f to whose energetic work the success of the day's celebration is due. At 11:50 the President, leaning on the arm of Mr. Wanamaker, entered tbe large tent and was given a most enthusiastic reception. They were followed by the rest of the party, and all took front seats on the raised platform. The ladies carried beautiful bouquets. Gov. Beaver, who was also of the party, received a generous ovation when he ascended the plat form. As soon as the distinguished visitors were seated the first paper of the day was read by the Rev. D. K. Turner of Hartsville. The address was descriptive of the founding of the log college. The speaker was followed by the Rev, R 1L Patterson, D. D.T LL. DM of Philadelphia, editor of the Presbyterian, who delivered an address on "Log College Evangelists. The Rev, Dr. Murray, dean of Princeton college, delivered a spirited address, and Rev. Richard Mcllwaine, D. D.t LL. D., read a paper on "The Influence of the Log College in the South." President Harrison was then introduced and was cheered by the 25,000 present Mr. Harrison spoke substantially aa follows: 4 I have had illustrated to me here today one of the consistent tenets of the Presbyterian church. Nothing, I assure you, short of a robust embodiment of the doctrine of the perseverance of the saints in the person of our distinguished brother, the chairman, who has just introduoed nue, could have overcome the difficulties which seem to be in the v?ay of those who attend celebrations. I thank you for your hospitable treatment of me and mine to-day, but I must say that I have much pleasure in being here, for every impulse of honest pride which stirs your hearts moves mine. 1 am glad to stana here at the source of a great movement X am glad to be here to help celebrate one of those great impulses springing from a small beginning. I don9t want to exalt unduly tbe Presbyterian church, and yet 1 think historians who have been untouched by partisanship testify that it has been magnificently pushed onward. Let us take no backward stepsL Let us continue to merit the favor of God and do His work until the world shall cease to move. Steadfastness is our characteristic. Our enemies have called it obstinacy, and there are occasions when even that trait and characteristic has its service. Let us, my friends, continue to be steadfast to tbe faith nurtured and strengthened on this sacred spot Let me kindly thank you for this most cordial

and brotherly greeting. Let me wish that ith is day will close as auspiciously as it has opened. Let ine hope that these scholarly addresses which will convey new thoughts to your minds and that you will carry away from here pleasant recollections of the day's celebration." After tne singing of the hymn, "Nearer, My God, to Thee,M a lunch was ear red of which tbe Presidential party and th prominent members of the presbytery partook. After lunch President and Mrs. Harrison and the Rey. Mr. Scott drove back to Mr. Wanamaker's at Jen kin town. In the afternoon the Rev. Ebenezer Erskine of Neuville, Pa., delivered an address on "Presbyterians of the Cumberland Valley." Gov. Beaver read a speech eulogistic of tho log college and its founders, and Postmaster-General Wanamaker also spoke. President Knox and others closed tbe speech-making. Letters from ex-President McCosh of Princeton and Gov. Green of New Jersey were read, and also a letter written in 1757 by Gilbert Tennent, son of the founder of the log college. The exercises closed with a benediction spoken by the Rev. Mr. Scott, the father of Mrs. Harrison. 0B1TTARY. Death of David I. Lloyd of tieNew York Tribune Staff. At New York, recently, David D. Lloyd, one of the Tribune staff, died suddenly while walking in the street at Weehawken, N. J,, of an gina pectoris. For some years past Mr. Lloyd has been suifering from heart trouble. Mr. Lloyd was born in this city in 3851. He was successively reporter of the Tribune, private secretary to Chief Justice Chase, day editor of the Tribune, its Albany and Washington correspondent, and then an editorial writer on the paper. As a dramatist he is known as the author of the plays "For Congress, " (lThe Woman Hater1 VThe Dominie's Daughter, M and had just; completed a play called "The Senator." Mr. Lloyd leaves a wife and two children.

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