The Greencastle Times, Greencastle, Putnam County, 2 October 1884 — Page 2

THE GREF.XCASTLE TIMES OCTOBER 2, 1S84.

THE TIMES J’UHLISHED KYKHY THL'KSDAY HV -a.. s^xTTia:. Stevenson's Rlnek, id Floor.

THURSDAY, :

OCT. 2, 1834

The Vi I// Hall, on I Ik North irest comer of the I’ublie Si/tinre, hns been vented by the liejnibliciui Count]! Committee and n ill be used and known as Rrjmhlican Headquarters druimj the cumpaiyn. Send 25c. and secure Thk Times tor the Ciinipai<'n. To Mr*. JaineM <». Hlaine. It is the baying of the coward wolf at night— The Bneaking wolf upon IiIb ghoulish prowlings— lie bays the moon in hercelestial height, Ami all the air is hideous with vis howling*. What harm c an come to her whose gentle life has tilled With wifely lore th 1 existence of another— What shame o’erwhelm the saintly breast once thrilled With all the sweet emotions of tin* mother? In that dear shrine, which ghouls would rend apart, A baby's smile, perchance, forever lingers. And that bereaved and desolate mother heart Is soothed, perchance, by spirit baby fingers. Fear not; in every human breast burns A sacred flame no calumny can smother. And with sweet rev’renee every nature turns And pays its homage to the name of mother. —Chicago News. No, Not Dead. New York Tribune, “Dead,” this Itopuhiican party? Mr. Kehurz will have to take out his watch again to note t ho hour of its demise--if lie lives long enough, I’ho whole knot of Pharisees and free-trade bolters have not power to kill or even wound it. Thu veterans of many victories make less noise than raw recruits, but when the time comes they touch the elbow and go forward, with that solid mass and resistless sweep which have never yet been stopped, “What makes this party mighty? How does it repel all assaults as the rock sends back the wave?” Foes, ns t hey wonder and half admire, ask these questions. It is because the Republican party means the noblest deeds and the loft iest hopes of this great Nation, it embodies the best thought of the people, and is their party- the means by which they guard their dearest interests. It has been true from the hour of its birth, and its pledges have been crystalized into acts. What it means to do no man doubts, and the people want it done. How can such a party be beaten? Only if the people are false to their own rights and interests—to their most sacred memories of tin* jcist and their grandest hopes of the future*.

I.NTKAORDINARY COM I,ITT OF KYIDKNCE.

What Has Ale. Dorsheimcrto Say. New York Tribune. “Mr. Dorshoimer.l if your dispatch refers who was an active sup-! to thecal legation i hat I porter of the( Morrison have written letters t<» nill urged me to votojnongrossuien to influfor it. and among the once their action on considerations that lie tariff measures or legismentionod was onejiation. you may deny it that he hud received a in distinct terms on my letter from (iovernor authority. Cleveland on tin* sub- Uhoveii Cleveland. ject. and knew just how he stood. He did not show me the letter, but gave me to understand that the Governor favored the measure. 1 got the impression t hat Air. Dorsheimer had the letter in his pocket at ♦.he time.’V—| Kxtrnct from interview with Congressman Stevens.

What One ot Clcveland*M Home Papers Says. IhitTalo Express, Air. Cleveland lias not answered manfully. Hu has not answered at all. He lias not told the truth. If ho has ever told anybody else to “tell the truth” (about the scandal concerning his private life) nohoby has obeyed him, T.lpon whom did he place that famous injunction? Does Hishop Huntington know? Does anybody know? Has anybody ever pretended to have received such u message? Has anybody acted upon it? I.NDORSi.D 111 HIGH AI THOKITY. E\- President Woolsey. of Yule College, Is Satisfied of Air. lllaine's Honesty. The hud joined letter was written by Professor Woolsey to Alfred Vernon, of Hrooklyn, N. Y,, in response to an inquiry as to whether he con sidered the Him. J. (i, Hlaine innocent or guilty of the charge that he used his official position to make money dishonestly: My Dear Hir—It is true that I have formed the opinion that Mr, Hlaine cannot haveacted dishonestly in this transaction to which you refer. I based my opinion on Mr, Hoar’s defense of him at first, ns well as on the confidence entertained in him by Mr. Garfield, Messrs. Dawes, Hawley and Edmunds, of the United States Senate, who have long know n him. As for the especial charges in the Fisher and Mulligan affair, 1 may refer you especially to a pamphlet which 1 suppose to be written by George Illiss, of New York. May I add that the character of the President is only one »f several things to lie considered in tiiis eloction More important is the general character of the two parties, aud especially the reliance which can he reposed on the two parties in their interpretation of the Constitution, the moral and religious worth to be found in the two, and their past respect for the Constitution. And of no small importance is the ability and power of judging in the two men now the candidates of the two parties. Air. Cleveland seems tome a very small man, and unable to act independently on important questions. If, then, all things are put together, the ability and character of the two, the party supporting them, ami the danger of throwing a great weight of influence on the men who brought on the war, there can be no doubt that Mr. Hlaine ought to be supported. Your friend and servant, T. I). Woolsey. MR. ItLAINK’H RECORD. seuiidiilotiH Stories and Degrading Miscount ructions Old iterated. Hpecial to Cincinnati Commercial Gazette With the thorough publication of the Mulli-gan-Fisher letters, and Mr, Maine's letter about 'is marriage, t'» Win, Walter Phelps, and his plain and full answers to the impertinent in- • • rrogatious in the Indianapolis libel ease, and »(ii* surprisingly great victory dth. R-ptibiicu.iM hi Maine, it is fair to say that all the ►enndalous stories and degrading mine »nstntctii>ns ami

puerile apprehensions about James G. Maine have been wiped out. It is shown, when the whoh* transaction with Fisher ami others in that association is made known, that it was honorable to Blaine, and that he was at a disadvantage in private business owing t<> his official station —that he did not attempt to use that position, and that he was misused and abused an account of it. As to his domestic affairs, now that the scandals about the Democratiq candi .ute have been so handled that there was flippant talk of two scandals. Air. Maine speaks, and all is clear for him and his. His honor is inviolate and there is no manly or womanly heart that does not respond with the most dedicate aqd warm sympathy to the dignity and tenderness, and the deep sensibility with which he confided to his countrymen the romance or youth. To doubt tin* popular verdict upon that would be to insult human nature, and the last resort of the malicious scoundrels who wish to pursue him in this is to sneer at him for telling the story, as if he had not endured enough from them before telling the truth that confounds them. It bus been it favorite assertion, during the several years since Mr. Maine ceased to be a candidate for office in Maine, that he had lost strength there: that his leadership had ceased to exist that he was actually unpopular; that if nominated for the presidency ho would probably lose Maine. He was before the State the other day. and the Democrats of his State fought him with all the vindictiveness of their littleness, 1'he result is before the country, and it settles the matter as to his own Htute, and the next thing is the assurance that aft his actual strength in Alaine was a surprise 4 * * * * * * so it will appear in all the Now England H+ates, and especially in Massachusetts.

A POLITICAL I SUM A ELITE. HOW CABL SHURZ IS MATED AND DESPISED BY POLITICIANS or ALL KINDS. “Gath’s” New York'Letter. “Faith, hope and charity; but the greatest of these is charity.” Hhurz has not one of these virtues. He bus no faith in the associates with whom he has acted; no hope in the regeneration of his equals; no charity for any gentlemen. Have you ever heard of his cont ributing a cent to any puplic matter? lias not his career in this country been a perpetual contribution of the American people to him? And he knows perfectly well r.t this moment all these speeches ho is making are conditional on a public reward, and they are perhaps paid for speech by speech as I am paid letter by letter for what I do. A lonely, insurrectionary, unsocial son of talent, he is laying up for his grave not one blade of grass nor one drop of dew. Hero he lias had ev cry honor life has bestowed upon him. Among his native race ho had not one. Wo have made him almost a Lieutenant-governor, a regent of a university, an elector, a foreign minister to the most antique monarchy in Europe, a senator of the United Htates, a member of fhe ministry, and things which 1 forget, but which he does not forget, for la* loves a ribbon better than self-respect. All those things he has received from the Republican party. The Democratic party hate* him with a deep and abiding hatred, and it is at this moment more than half delighted at the sketch I am making of him. What is he living us for these rewards? He is calling crowds of people together to show that an American-born gentleman, who has filled similar honors to himself, must have stolen something about fifteen years ago. Nothing is more valuable in this wor Id to a father, a husband, a friend, a c itizen, a patriot, than the character he has earned in the public service. The man Mr. rtlnirz is arraigning says that he has been an honest man; that the misapprehension concerning him has merely arisen from the confusion in the public mind as to whether a public man lias any right to take care of his family and provide for his orphans. Khurz insists that that man shall not be believed, Ho is putting his hand in that man’s pock- i et the pocket winch lies over his heart—and robbing him of hisgood name. He is, therefore, the instigator of evil feelings in the community, muddling the people’s minds about the government of the country, destroying the lofty instincts which connect the citizen with the statesman.

LET IT DIE.

Wilbur E. StoreyV. Honed lot ion upon Democracy. Columbus Republican. The Chicago Times was formerly a Democratic paper, later independent, and now, since its great editor and manager. Wilbur F. Storey lias become demented and incapable of business, it is again supporting the Democratic ticket. Hut just after the last Presidential election, when Mr. Wtorey was in full possession of his great mental faculties, and with the lesson and the influence of the late election upon him wrote ami published in the Times the following article, it would be hard to find auytliiug in the English language more eloquent and it is as true to-day a* wlien it was written, I*et every young man especially, read it carefully, and then ask himself if there is anything in the past or present of the l)em«>cratic party that should attract young men, if that grand old man, looking back over a long ami busy life and passing in review the acts of the Democratic party as he had known them, did not tell the truth when he said it is time for the party to die: LET IT DIE. The recent presidential election has shown that there is an invincible reason why the Democratic party can never win u National victory. It is that the youths of this republic are not Democratic, The sons of Democratic fathers have grown up Republicans. Belong as slavery and the war linger with the memory of Americans, the youths of the republic w ill con. tinuo to grow up Republicans, and slavery and the war will be remembered us long as the public school system exists. The public echools have slain the Democratic party with their textbooks. It is vain for statesmen to declare that there were us many Democrats as Republicans in the Union army. It is vain to affirm that the war for the preservation of the Union could not liavs been carried toa successful close without the aid of the Democratic party. It is idle for philanthropy to suggest that the attitude of that party toward the war in the beginning was a humane one; that it was inspired by the higher and better wish that the cause of the conflict should be peaceably removed and the spilling of brothers' blood by brothers’ bands be avoided. The Democratic party has 1mm?h ideally identified with slavery aud slaveholding The Republican party is ideally identified with emancipation and the war. Therefore are the youths of the country incapable of being Democratic. Therefore tin* Democratic party can never win a National victory. The boys who catch the ballots that fall from their stiffened hands arc* Republicans. This can not be denied. The curse of slavery has poisoned the blood and rotted the bone of the Demo cratio party. The malediction of the war has palsied its brain. The young wife who hold the babe up tq kins the fat her as he hurried to tin* tap of his departing regiment, has not suckled a Democrat. The weary foot of the gray grandmother who watched the children while the wife v as busy never rocked the cradle of Demo- < rats. 1 ho chair that the soldier-father never came hack to fill has not been climbed upon by Democrats. The old hluo coat, that his comrad *s carried back w.m cut uj for little jackets, but not one covered the heart of a Democrat. The rutiled musket that foil from him with his !u*i shot became the thoughtless toy of his boys

but not a hand that played with it was the hand of a Democrat. The babe he kissed crowed and crowed for hi* return, and its unw itting and unanswered notes were not from the throat of a Democrat. The tear soiled camp letters which the mother read aloud in, the long, bitter evenings while the boys clustered at her knees, did not fall upon Democratic ears. The girls’ sobs, blended with the mother’s weeping, did not make Democrats of their brothers. Perhaps the father had been a Democrat all his life! The children go to school. There is not a Democrat on its benches. The first reader contains the portrait of Abraham Lincoln—that kind and sturdy face never made a Democrat. On its simple pages, in words of one and two syllables, is told the story of his birth and deathThat story never made a Democrat. In the pranks of the play ground the name silences the frolicsome and makes the jolliest grave. Thu name never made a Democrat. In the pictures that light up the geography are the firing on Fort Bump ter and the death of Elsworth, Those pictures make no Democrats. The first page of the history contains a representation of t he surrender of Lee at Appomattox. No boy ever gazes on that and ever after avows himself a Democrat. in the higher grades the same subtle and unresisted influence is at work, The text-book j contains extracts from patriots’ speeches during the war. Those speeches make no Democrats The great battles are briefly described, the narrative has no Democrrtic listeners, The strain of martial music runs through the readers, and that music makes no Democrats. Sketches of great generals are given: the brave deeds arouse the enthusiasm of the lads, but there is no Democrat among them. The horrors and sufferings of the slaves are told: the maddened blood that mounts the boy’s cheeks is not Democratic blood. The curse of slavery has pursued the Democratic party, and has hounded it to its death, Therefore, let it die; and no lip will bo found to say a prayer over the grass on its grave. The late defeat may not he attributed to any other causes. The result was accomplished because the youths of the Republic are not Democratic. That party is therefore without a future and without a hope. The malediction of the war has palsied the brain. The curse of slavery has poisoned its blood and rotted its bone. Let ii die. i A W I* \ ION DRIFT. I'iiclsaiiil Fun Picked from the Turbulent Tide. AV<7icMq/« --Thu Democratic tariff plank rightly construed should read: “Tariff for English interests exclusively.” Pittsburfi Cronfclc—\l. LG, Hoodie, the fa inous politician, is spending the autumn in Ohio. Ex-Govt rmr Cornell: Grover Fleveland has no more chance of being President than 1 have of building u mansion in the moon. Mr. Maine succeeds Arthur as sure as tin* stars come with nightfall. Chicat/tt Inter Otttin Neither 8t John, Hen Butler, nor Airs. Lockwood are bothered by able statesmen asking for promises of a post-office or Indian Commissioner. The assistant Democrats are now the thirdparty Prohibitionists. The so-called “Independents” have virtually disbanded. The Democratic sugar planters in Louisiana and the Democratic wool-growers in Ohio are not at all in favor of tin* free-trade theories of the*r party I'nllimor, Ai.k v iii It is a wise agricultural society that knows how to got a Presidential candidate on its grounds. NorristotvtL Ilerttld—St. John says the Prohibition party is “destined to become a power in the land.” A water power we presume, Haiti more American—Another comet is on its way with a tail as long as a Mains procession, ritiladelphitt ( rouiet e Telegraph—- If t lilt; campaign don’t look out it will be arrested ior indecency. yen' York Mail awl I&rp/vs#—Mrs.Logkwood can never be elected President. Bhe wears a pull back. They had to have several platforms for the * 1 * * speakers at the Columbus meeting Thursday. You see it comes pretty hard for Carlisle and Payne to stand on the same platform. It is restful, at any rate, in this crush of political worlds to hear from Nebraska. Republican majorities a matter of course on national. State and congressional tickets. Democrats hardly organized, and blessed peace and the pursuit of happiness every where the rule, Auyutttana Observer (hwedish Lutheran organ,) -May God in His grace spare us the sorrowful spectacle of seeing such a man elevated to the highest political dignity in the world. Chicago Journal - General Grant spoke w isely aud well when he said that at no time in the past has Republican success been more essential thaint now is to National prosperity. Pttrktrsbitr(i Jtmntal—There is no better Btate south of the Ohio river than West Virginia in which to break the backbone of the Bolid South. Prohibititmiuf. in Wisconsin Sttite Journal— The Prohibition party started out on pure mo" tires, but lias at last succumbed to the usual inodes of campaigning. Chicttt/o Inter-Ocean—it the Repuhlicans of Ohio want to put some money where it w ill do the most good, they w ill add $50 to Carl Bchurz’s nightly fee, and get him to talk an extra hour longer. Philadelphia /Vess—Speaking of Carl Bchurz’s rumored intention to quit politics permanently in case of Cleveland's defeat, it strikes us that Mr. Bchurz is tolerably well retired from politics already. If he wants to retire any further lie will have to dig the hole deeper, Wtuthintilon Capital (Anti Hlaine)—We can not help seeing that tlie Democratic party is today in worse condition as an organization than everbefore; that it has not a single principle or idea upon w hich it is united, Philadelphia Press--American workmen! They tell you these stories are exaggerated to keep you from voting for free trade. Do not believe them the half of tlie dreadful sufferings of these industrial populations bus never been told by any American writer. New York Sun—Borne of our contemporaries find satisfaction in this collection. “Burn this letter.”—James G. Hlaine. ‘Tell the truth.**—Grover Cleveland. Well the letter was not burned Nor was the truth told. Give thanks. O people, for the boon. Of one day’s rest in seven; For politics and all its tricks There’ll h * no useiu heaven. Republicans will all rejoice In what thvy hear and see there, Nor fail 1<> show how well they know No Democrats will be there. But fortf. * pr<* active tariff, twenty-two rail* lion tons «*f ore, coal and limestone annually taken from hu.* mi.i • r» would lie undeveloped, the vast nnn; •*. . •»>kmen employed in mining, shipping . . • Iting them would be unemployed, a:. .droads engaged in their transportation > .1*, remain unbuilt. The plat form of the Democracy, alt hough vague in rest to the tariff, is construed to menu fr - • . . Mr. Cleveland, the candidate of that ;* ny s >; Free-Trader. Me did what he coni'i i * • fo/note the interests of free-trade pio*. . •. Congress during the last se - sio»i ,lorted by a body of bolting lb* pu) : " . e almost without exceylion.

THRONGS OF PATRIOTS

Gather Themselves Together to Hear the Issues Discussed.

The Murruli. of Thounand. It end the Sky, and the blare of the 4'uniTo re ll Falnta If Ited— t*rotfre«, of the t'oute.t.

Toledo, < Hiio, Sept. no.—Mr. Blaine left Cleveland at 0 o'clock Monday morning, ii" was warmly received at the stopping places nlony; the lino. At (iNcrlin and Norwalk F|mss |ii' were made, and tin* a semlilios were large, rtmning well up into the thousands. Tlie Toledo delegation, with u sj.teial cal', and headed liy Petroleum V. Nasby, joimsl the party at Fremont and the train reached Toledo at ~:40 p. tn. Upon 1 arrival here Mr. Blaine was driven to League |K»rk, where upwards of •JS.tKKI people had assembled. 1‘rolunged cheers arose as Blaine alighted from his carriage. A glee club furnished music, following which Mr. Blaine was introduced amid great cheering. At night Toledo was ablaze with excitement. Both of the great jsilitical parties held large meetings and massed in parade thousands of men. The Democrats tirst arranged a meeting for the night, aud the postponement of Blaine’s visit from Saturday made it necessary for the Republicans to change the date of their demonstration from Saturday night. It would be hard to describe the scenes enacted. Two rival processions, one Democratic and one Republican, marched and counter-marched through the principal streets. Eight thousand Democrats assembled in front of the Boody house while Blaine was at dinner and cheered enthusiastically for Cleveland and Hendricks. At certain street intersections the two dual processions became badly mixed. Free trade and protection banners were mingled as one; portraits of Bhutto and Cleveland were carried side by side; musicians wore perplexed as to which party they were aiding in tho demonstration; the spectator was bewildered; applause for Cleveland and cheers for Hlaine were mingled as one mighty roar. It is estimated that over 100,000 people witnessed the procession*. A Democratic 'mass meeting was held in "White’s ball at H o’clock, where addresses were made by Hon. 1’atrick A. Collins, of Boston, and Hon. A. (). Myers, of Columbus. Tho Republicans held mass meetings in various parts of the city, -jH-eches being made by Hon. Emory A. Htorrs, Judge Foraker, and Hon. R. K. Bruce, of Mississippi. The enthusiasm of both political parties was unbounded. It was successful from both a Democratic and H 'publican standpoint.

'■'ammuliy'M Nominations, New York, 'sept. hi).—Tammany ball held its county convention, Monday afternoon, to nominate candidates for mayor, comptroller, district attorney, president of tho board of aldermen, judges, and a coroner. John Kelly, who was received with loud applause, called the meeting to order, ami, in a somew hat lengthy address, said that as chairman of the committee on organization it was his duty to call the convention to order, and carry out the wishes of the delegates; and, as he understood it, they intended to hold their convention as the regular Democratic organization of the city and county of New X ork, without regard to other organizations. After referring to conferences held by the Democratic factions in former years, Mr. Kelly concluded by saying that it was tho desire of Tammany hall to give Grover Cleveland a full ami honorable support. ICheei*. ] Hugh J. Grant was unanimously nominated for mayor and P. Henry Dugro for comptfoller; George H. Foster for district attorney; Hugh F. Daly. Richard L. Larriinorc, and David McAdum for judges of the court of common pleas, Gen. John Cochrane for president of tho board of aldermen, and Dr. M. T. Mossemer for coroner. The Fight In Ohio. Chk-auo, Sept 27 —The Times’ Columbus, Ohio, s|»-<dnls have the following; The national committees of both the Democratic and Republican parties have taken charge of the campaign in this state). The state is in fact now a battle-ground from end to the other. The national committees are concentrating their forces on it and creating so much stir as to affect business circles and affairs in general, similar to the demoralization of war or great crises. Tho ]>eoplo generalB express their desire to see the struggle ended. The Republicans are said to have private) detectives all over tha state, amt to have a complete poll of voters in every precinct. The Democrats have agents in each county, who report to the state headquarters imie|>endent of the county committees as to how things are going and what if any changes are m#ed. There is also a committee of 100 in each county whose special duty it is to get recruits. Carl Mobilrz is supported by exGovemor Mueller and a large number of leading Germans, who are trying to hold the German vote. Numerous agents are at work nulong tl>c liquor-dealers. Governor Hondly himself is at work among the colored voters.

nenioeratlc llnrheeue. Bhfliitvji-le, Ind., Mept 20.—For weeks the local Democracy have been sweeping tl • county gathering up provisions for the barbecue which was held here Thursday Thiriy-rtve thousand people wen* here, and there were not siitHeient provisions to feed more than half of them, although twenty-eight steers, fortyeight sheep, and fowls without number wore slaughtered to make the holiday. The s|leakers were Daniel tV V<*>rhees, X\ illium J. Holmnu, Jas<'n B. Brown, Isaac P. Gray, George W. Cooper, Judge Buskirk, George R XVendling, Thomas Graybill, James Willard, and others, and there was speaking from four stands. There was great enthusimni. A grand torch-light procession and an exhibition of fireworks was the feature of the evening.

Speaker Carlisle on ilio Stamp. Graftor, XV. Va., Mept 29 —Fully 5,000 people assembled here Saturday afternoon to listen to 8|ieakpr John G. Carlisle. Tho distinguished Kentuckian spoke two hours, devoting himself entirely to national topics. Hi- reviewed the Republican administration outlie jwist twenty years, criticizing the management of the navy and public lands, taxation, the civil service, aud the many other points in the record of the dominant juirty, and said that what we needed was fns) raw materials and new markets. Tho s]leech was enthusiastically received. XVakiiinutow City, Mept. 29.—Speaker Carlisle is in Washington to remain a few days, when he will leave for West Virginia to help in the Democratic canvass of that state.

Hotter In Itoston, Boston, Sept. 27.—The Butler rntiflenUon nr eting Friday night was a success in jHiint of nundsrs and enthusiasm. Tremont temple, Fan< uil hiil], amt tfito Mcionaou hull, holding in the aggregate 't,tXW people, were

imcked oil the evening, and police wers stationed at tho doors to prevent the crowding of the corridors. Kx Senator Grady of New York, Joseph H. O’Neill of B -ten, aud Mr. F-. C. Carrigan of Boston, wen- the three pn-siding officers. “The old man.’' "bo s|s>ke to each audience, looked as fresh as an

infant.

A Corner on Hall*.

Chicago, Mept. tr-i —J. J. Cumin, of this city, w ho was a possible Deinocmtic can didate for congress in tho Second Illinois (Chicago) district, and when it was thought he would lie the nominee ho rented every hall in the district from that time until Nov. b. He now has a comer on halls In that district. and has not intimated whether he will -close till-deal" ill time to let either party "Hire a hull" or not, although earnestly

solicited by Isith parti)' to do so. teen. Hutler’s < innpnlgtl.

Ami axv, N Y.. Sept. :k).—Gen. Butler reached her.' at 2:35, D mbiy afternoon, and was driven to the cnpitol park, where lie aro-e in the carriage aud addressed il.iHKl

Y., Sept, sa—Gen. Butler ad-

dressed 12.0 M people here, Monday night,

and was enthusiastically received. Klioile Island Frolilbltlonlsta.

Providence, R. I., Mept. 20.—At the Pro* hibttory state l onventiim Thursday twentytwo towns were represented Hon, Sidney Dean preside 1. The resolutions adopted approve the action of tho national Prohibition convention, and pledge an earnest and

hearty support to the national ticket. The Iowa f’rolithlllonlats.

Dks Moines. Oct. 1—.Reliable infornm tion lias reached this city that a St. John electoral ticket will be placed in the tield. The announcement is to be made next week. The movement originated at Tabor college. UerniuiiN Getting Ahead In Torpedo

Itofltw.

London, Sept. 2ii.—The seventy torpedo vessels for the Gi-rnian navy for which an extra appropriation was granted by tho last reichstag are Icing push.d to completion with all |Hi-.sil>lc speiil. The lio-t ship building yards on the Baltic c I n.* ■ inono]X)lizcd for their construction, an 1 it is expected that another demand will be made upon the reichstag to defray the - xtra cost incurred in constructing tie sc v-v-ls in unusual haste. A few of the torpedo-boats have lately Im'i-ii tlnisl-.ed at Pilleau, and have liecn tested on the Frisohe Huff. Half the population of Piilcau turned out to witness the tests, and, in addition to the official nqe resentatives of the German naval office, there were hosts of visitors from Konigsberg and other jioiiits in eastern Prussia. The result of the teste is reported us very satisfactory. Tho little vessels were shown to lie seaworthy under the extruordinary circumstances which they may be expected to encounter, and they also proved t6 be spc.aly. Moiuo of them made nineteen knots an hour over a measured mile, and still greater speed was recorded in tests when the vessels were fastened ill the dock. The German authorities mv elated over tlu jierformiincus of these little firebugs, and Prince HUinarok is reported os saying that “others beside England can play the game of

brag.”

people.

Troy, N.

Tlie Telephone Suit, New York, Kept. ;;o.—Menntor Edmunds made the closing nrgument Monday for Druwbaugh in the telephone infringement ea-u'. He reviewed the evidence to show that Drawbaugh had brought his invention to a point where conversati m could he carried on with Ids neighbors over an electric wire two years bofor ■ Bell, according to the latter’s own statement, had reach' d the stage of transmitting indistinct sounds, but not audible words. The senator drew a vivid picture of tho old nmn contending with poverty, and with sickness in his family, unable to convince capitalists of tho value of his discovery, aud compared his case with that of the youthful Bell, unhampered by family ties, and enjoying the advantage of influential friends. After u careful presentment of tho evidence, tic - nator closed with an eloquent ap|K': 1 fo • just ice for his client. The New York Tribune and the Frill ter*. New A iHtK. Mept. 29.—Tlie rejsirt that the difficulty hot ween The Tribune and the printers union hud bi-eu sottli J was an error. Alvin D. Brock, of the union, has issued a letter to the printers of tlie I Tilted states and workingmen generally, denouncing The New York Tribune as tho unrelenting foe of trades unionism and tho most dangerous and powerful enemy of Blaine, whom it professes to supiiort, and cullin 'upon workingmen tc boycott that journal. .Vlls* Weldon’s Deulh. Denver, Colo., Sept. 29.—It is now stated that Miss XV eldon, the young Connecticut lady who was frozen to death on Pikes Peak, w»s deserted by young Lamb, her guide, who did not make any attempt to rescue her until several hours after his arrival at home. His story is discredited and residents of the park charge him with triminal cowardice. An investigation will 1* held, and Miss XVeldon’s relatives declare their purpose of B| si ring no inuiipy necessary to get at the truth of the matter. Tlie Chicago Corn Ileal, ( iiicaih). Sept. HO.—Although com to the atin nnt of car-loads arrived In Chicago Monday, the manipulators of the corner advanced the nrii-o of S ptoiiilier to cents jier bushel, the closing offer Is-ing vi cents. 1 ruditig tor Octebt-r delivery stopjssl at 57’'^ cents The directors of the board of trade fixed upon ■ -A cents as a marginal price for September com. The culmination of the deal is awuitodjiii iMiami reial circlcn with in tense interest. Colored .Tlnaoim Celebrating. XVAStUMiTiiN City, Kept 29—The colored Masons of Washington, together with some visiting lodges from Baltimore and Frederick, Ind., and Richmond, Xn., on Monday cele brnted the contennary of the organization of the tirst colored Masonic lodge in the United States, founded in Boston in 17X4. The different lodges in the aftemisiii parodist the streets of tho city, and at night a lianquet was held at the old X an Ness mansion.

The Cholera. Naples, Mept. 80.—There wore Us n t >w cases of cholera here Monday and sixty-seven deaths. There were fifty two new cases and twenty six deaths at Genoa. The cholera has appeared in Algeria, seven deaths occurring at Oran Monday. The epidemic is subsiding nt Alicante, Tarragona and in the Pyrennees Orientales.

urea occurring throughout the count last seven days are reported: Nu the United States 1R7, and for Cana, total of -213 as against a total ot wixik, a slight decrease.

Kill-openn Wheat Crops. XVArrington City, Sept 26.-Consul Genenil Ma«>n, at Marseilles, reporta to the de|mrtlui'nt of state that the wheat crop* throughout Europe nro nnuMially largo, f-*- - milling th-isi of 14x:', and that theNMimt prospect of a rise in pries.

CASUALTY AND CRIME, Villainous Attempts to Burn thee* of Cleveland.

A AVestern New York Town hr fshed by a -IBiirrlcn,!^'" I n IV n n«y I va n 1 a—F| Pe . Hugs* Dolnge,

( T.kvei.ami, Ohio, Mept. -i -Th- . , cut detenninatIon of certain pers ■ ■ | stn-y this city by fin- has cans,-1 a I intense alarm, but consolation is ,|!... I from the fact that the tin-hugs have r 'th 1 far confined their operations to part, ,,f t gl rendering it unlikely that the c , I sweep the residence portion of tin * event "i a conflagration ■ as that ot tl w< ks ago I fluent recurrence of the inctndtoJ blaze* and the inability of the p., . 1 ferr.-t out th- guilt.) |K*i-M.n. has , v ■ the business men. Saturday they hi ,| meeting at which a vigilance committee J organized, and directed to employ ,I,,. v jj to discover the incendiaries. Nuin. ,,”1 threatening letters li:-.ve In-on I v.,1 . . is ho|s-d they will pn-vethe im-lium i!!' I "bi’ li the guilty penons can bearrwtedl Thomas Manning A Mon, tnaehinpists.wh- r.l repairing the fire <-ngiiu*s of this city |, av J received notice that their sho|K i v l burned, and McNeil & Sons, lui i I were notified that their yards » I destroyed. * Shortly afternoon Saturday aa hm ,, l mrv | tin- was discovered in the lumber piles ti. I Cleveland Saw-mill company on the Dial The alarm caused great excitemei I I entire fire department was called out Till conflagration was among the tracks T til-sties of tin- New York, 1'it.t.sburg & (i|,| railroad, the Nickel Plate, and C-nimt J X'alli-y roads, and was bounded on w:,.,, I by a Is-nd of the Cuyahoga river. An , I bnnkment a-jiarated it from tin- great t;> j| Sept. 21. The streets were filled 1, ..T and hundreds of volunteers t--iv .v.ni | lumber piles and helped save adjoininj property. After eeveral hours >f bar 1 | the lire was .••.nlin-- 1 to the yar i. m r originated, with a loss of not exceed in-! $12,<'JO. On Sunday the fire bugs again pli„l tii-i.'| vocation industriously. The lir .t .alar-,, n Ived at 3o'clock inti ■ m< i■ | i"- a-i-‘ii,-d by th-' di-' ■) ,•: \ : from tbe barrel and filling-house of s ; , : Mcliurnier & Toagle, connecting with ; ; large oil refinery. The I uil ling u, I enveloped in flames and wux t itallv 1 [ stroyed. It contained 150 barrels of i I i il, and the Manias from tho burning III |l shot with frightful velocity into the air ilie| building was 100 by 150 feet in iz ■. un ! v • o c< intents U a total loss, at I X12,000; in,lire,I for .*il.200. Tlie fir I ii lent promptly responded, and by hunt w.rkl succeeded in eoiitiniug the flames to that ikI building. A short time after a tire was diseov-roi the sins* shop ot Michael Kami, k < . et. but was oxtiiigui-!.",! b i > I done much damage. The fire was started hi a pile of rnbbtah being saturated with oils I a H utch applied. An i-mptv ,T -un >■,.[ found within a few feet of the rubbish I ing it to be iii- work of an incendian Otba fires wi le expected Sunday night, but uptcl midnight no alarm had been turned in. There seems to Be a determin" 1 .'iirlj -iitl cut i II, rt to licslmy the city I’i ■■ ers are anxious for the safety of tli"ir|ii™ erty, and have placed special watchmi'ii in| and around their buildings. Bradford, Pa., Sej l 29 I the state was visited Sundny afternoon by! a destructive w indstie-ni, whioh i:pi,"* T trees, damage 1 hi u w* and playe,! hav generally. One man was lifted into thi I and carried along for some distance, ktl not badly hurt. Seven houses wore lileiral ' ’ piece* at Alton, among which wm I Metho list cliurcli in processor c, nstnicti'ni.1 Thera were many miraculous ■ , a;, < >no houso was lifted fully sivtvl fist in, the air and carriell through the air, being dashed to p whnl it came down. Tho family was found n ' . [ ruins, having made the trip with •*| They were terribly frightened and n'Ceiv-ll severe bruises. The furniture " i • ' | into kimlling-wood. Dayton, Ohio, S pt. 29. -A V, • . ! r j ” ind and and rain storm swept over fil l country twenty-five miles north f I'n'ti,c| Sntnrday, fiooding the creeks anil i ivi imi | damaging muny buildings Dxs Moix-es, Mept. 29.—A rainstormdI inurkcd severity prevailed throughout I, «"l Friday night In Sac county high «itiil»»n,ll liuil were n feature At XX’all lake the iviniiI was terrific. Buildings were unnsifeil. iin'il Mr Headstiung, on old citizen, was instantljl kill' d by a flying Isiard. There mis -h: T damage to property at OdebolL Thet I inora or less injury over avast art , a"l| territory. I’tqi A, Ohio, Si-pt. 29.—Tho hardest rni«| storm in twenty-five years oecurred S iturday afti'nioon, five inelie- ot ruin fil l f ing in three hours and a half Tin fiv lrnul' I canal, supplying power to a larce iniiiitier ll factorii's, broke in the evening near tin I Mwuft Bun reservoir. No accurate ai , eo"i | l| of tho damage can yet t«* given, but it *'! I amount to several thousand dollars. Tin I Miami A Erie canal is badly broken north a-1 In nr. near the state dam. Fearl'nl Full from h I.adder. Draiifdiid, Pa.. 8'1 it 29.—At 5 o'clock! Fnnday evening n terrible evclisie s«'i'l ll l over the country near here. The town "f| Alton was directly in its path. I’liillipl Bros.' feed store was blown away. The i | c“l Methislist church in progress of en-ctimi w*'| total’y destroyed and a portion of the ro d was found a mile distant. The carriage bridge was carried several rods. Several persons were found in houses that weredH molished, hut none were seriously injured. Nearly every building in Alton was damagud. Between Alton and Big Shanty the track of the Krie railway was strewn with trees an,! buildings. The cyclone pass,si through Alh gheny county Into New York state Tintown of Rhongo, eight miles south of "ells' ville, N. Y., was entirely destroyed ami four persons were killed. At Buffalo the wind waf forty-four milea an hour, and many buildings] were damaged. Furlona Flame* at Plttabiirg. Prrrsnuno, Sept. 26.—A disastrous conflagration broke out on the south side etaortly after 10 o'clock Thursday night. For revera hours it raged with ’great fury. Many companies hurried to the scene, hu wore unable to bring their engines into play, owing to ''j'' scarcity of water. The flames mil' 1 * such rapid headway that the entire flfi'd' |)iirtinciit of Mm city was suinmoneil I'.v ‘ general alarm. After fighting the coni' 1 gratinn for over three hours, it w: sput un dor control at 1 o'clock Friday mornini?-

Tlie ]’la< ke} •Iteniii-i t i’alde. Londun, Mept. 29.—The steamship day has commenced laying the last section ” tho deep-boa portion of the Mackey-Be 11 "’/ cable, and is making •toady pregw*, 11 wiilibtatnling Urn weather is ba-J.