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enrg flamdcitlet I. VM SLYKC. E«toraNI PsMMwr. ILLINOIS. THE NEWS RECORD. JWrtOBAHY VW THE KVENTKlil. KtdMCn OF A TTMSi HA*. *\>!ltlcal, Commmelil. ud IndaiWal Xewt from All Over the tMd-Fir«», Ae- eMentn, ttnd Crimes--The Obt of th» r* im la » Few Lines. a** WEEKLY TRADE The Condition «f 'Basinet* Generally Fever- able Throughout the Country. R. 6. DUN <fc Co.'s review of trade tot the past week follows: The most important event of the -week in the financial world, the failure of the "Panama Canal, has not aa yet bt en felt in this country. The amo.HU of securities held here is not large, and there is 3. general belief that the French government will be obliged to do acme thing to •vert widespread disaster. The bank clearings for the flrat week in Decern btr exceed those of last year by IK per cent., which/Implies A large Vvuuuu itl present business. .Throughout the Northwest improvement is felt, except at a few points where wild ejaculation and over­ trading Jast. year did most mischief, Jr. hard - •• wave seine disposition to purchase in expecta­ tion of higher prices is noted at Cleveland. Cutting of rail retos demoralizes business at Denver, but the general tenor of reports is de- «idedly favorable. Wheat, advanced cents on small speculative transactions, exports to the * Continent of Eur< p.* having leached ;io0,000 bush- els, with none to l>reat Britain, Corn arid oats de- /;, • eiined>3 cent each, and pork 'i.» cents, and lard a : ,' quarter. Cotton steady : a Memphis circular •' 4 now estimates the yield at t>,it)Q.OOO bales, i Coffee has declined cent, and oil has risen % cent. The general average for ail commodities is about, 1 par cent, lower than a week ago. and , slighjjy below the level of Nov. 1. Foreign . trade is fair in volume. The Treasury has put • out ,00 J more than it has taken in during •H : the week, thus supplying the loss caused by gold ? exports, 'lhe business failures numbered 803, ' . • ab compared with 3» last week, and J£l the weak , : previous. For the corresponding week of last . year-the figures were 2S8. HAS BLOOD IN HER EYE. , Al WIdew of the Chicago Anarchist Makes an Incendiary Speech. * Xss. A. It. PARSONS, widow of the Chicigo anarchist, addressed about ; seven Hundred people in New York City. She dwelt at length on the hanging Of! the anarchists, and said: v Innocent blood has been shed, innocent blood > ' must be abed in vengeance. In London I attend- ; • «d maeting* In Hyde Park where the red flags ' waved, bands played, and anarchist speeches J s, ware jnadC witoout the police interfering. While 1 was addressing a meeting in Trafalgar Square, . . I teamed that Lord Boufielu of Chicago had or- #J*ed that tha anarchists be not allowed to meet. r; ; He had ordered his scorpions to see that no pub- Ms dssaoastrotions take plate in Chicago. That is ••4' . foee inmiM; wuile we were publicly proclaim- ; lag <nur theories in monarchical England. We want a teetotal change in the ownership of tho world's wealth, the land for the landless, toil 1^- Jar the toilers, homes for the homeless, and death for all tyrants anil tvranay. It's death far *11 who stand in the way of the remedy^, '• T LEFT HIM A the regiment at a point oiation hod prohibited th where the asso- the erection of any monument. CHARLES O'BRIEW, a saloon keeper at William's Bridge, New York City, was found unconscious in the street and died soon after. It is thought he was mur­ dered. >*. A DOUBLE TRAOEDY. A. J. MARTIN, a young engineer em­ ployed in Chicago, became infatuated with Mrs. Mary Merrill, with whom he was boarding, and though repulsed by the woman, who ^as living pleasantly with her husband, seemed to become more madly in love with her. He entered Mrs, ' Merrill's house after being ordered out, FORTUNE^: A tittle Falls (Kinn.) Man Falls Heir to »26V 000 and Some Land. EDWARD DAVEY, of Little Falls, Minn., lias received a letter from a London bar­ rister stating that an aunt Of his, who died recently in that city, left him £50,000, or $250,000, all invested in British con­ sols; also a valuable tract of land in Norrh ttoolina. , Telegraphic Brevities. '•'>[ CHASEIKS STKUBLE, assistant mailcar- yier at Clinton, Ohio, was arrested on the charge of forging postal notes and con­ fessed. ' SPBSADIKG rails wrecked the overland thirtv-eight miles north of San Diego, IB ̂ ars except the sleeper rolling high embankment, The express had a rib broken, but all others in the Murphy Block, at Lock- port, N. Y., resulted in the suffocation of Bridget Hall, a widow, aged 62. FIBE destroyed a block of tenements at Ivil Mines, near Monongahela City, Fa,, tendering nine families homeless. DAVID A. STEWABT, President of the Pittsburgh Locomotive Works, was found dead in bed in his residence in Pittsburgh. Had Nothing to Say. v 11m questioned touching the report of a New York paper, that he had been requested by General Harrison to accept the portfolio of the State Department, Mr. Blaine replied that he had nothing lo say. • ' Recovers Judgment Iter Damages. AT Toledo, Ohio, John Shannon, Was given a verdict for $30,000 against the Columbus, Hocking Valley and Toledo Railway Company, damages for injuries caused by a failing derrick. Damaged by Fire. FIBB destroyed the stock of Hyman A Bach, clothiers, at Wabash, Ind., at a loss of $30,000; insured for $8,500. Damage amounting to $1,000 was done to the r Arrived in Australia. ' SPALD ISG'8 American base-ball team ,&ave arrived in Australia. I-' THE NICARAGUA CANAL. St Qeeoples the Bay in the House--The Senate Met In Session. 80OT after the convening hour the House went Jnto committee of the whole on the Nicaragua canal bill, onthe l;th inst. Mr. Payson (Ul.) «8ered an amendment providing that all shares, Mocks, txmds, certificates, and other securities •ball bo issued from the principal office in Mew York and 'shall be disposed of onlv for cash, 'ihe amcnilmtiit was defeated toy & tie vote, but it was agreed that a vote should be taken in the House. Mr. Kpinola offered an umendmeot limiting the capital stock to sioo.i.o i,0jt«. The amendment waa supported by Mr. I'ayson and opposed by Mr. Bayne (Pa.i, who declared that the bill •would be passed this session if it occupied every Friday, The legislative, executive, aud judicial appropriation bin, as roporuxl to the House, earties an appropriation of being #138,193 less than the bill for the current fiscal yoar, and $it>5,".i40 leas than ihe estimates. Representative Hooker (Miss.) iutroduoed a joint resolution providing for a holiday recess from Friday, Dec. 21, until Monday, Jan. 7. The Senate was not in session. MARTIN AND HIS VICTIM. and finding her attending to her household duties in company- with a chambermaid, Hattie Birlc, drew a revolver and filed two shots at the latter, neither of which took effect. He then turned the weapon upon Mrs. Merrill with fatal effect, one ball crashing through her head, causing death in an hour. MVirtin then placed the smoking revolver to his temple, pulled the trigger, ^und fell dead. WESTERN HAPPENINGS. . A XTBTTEB from Charles MIS County. Dakota, contains the information that a volcano has broken out in that cotinty. It is reported that a veritable volcano, vomit­ ing fire, ashes, and lava, has asserted it­ self. It is thought that it is a mud spout- er, something in the nature of a geyser. Even if it is that, it is a wonderful phe­ nomenon to exhibit itself among the rugged hills of Charles Mix County. This geyser is located within a few miles of the hot springs, which discbarge into the Missouri River, near Fort llandall, and is doubtless a companion of that group. People are badly frightened- AN explosion in shaft No. 2 of the Can- field coal mine, near Canon City, Colo., killed two men and wounded seriously ten others. The dead are: Henry Wallace, mine foreman, and Peter Galloway. The wounded are: James Wallace, brother of the foreman, Henry Dodd, Thos. Shields, Jr., John Murphy, John Linn, Jas. Trover. John C'oshain, Thomas Cunningham, and James Jimison. James Wallace and Henry Dodd will die, and tho recovery of three of the other wounded men is ex-, tremely doubtful. The mine had been on fire several days, and men were sent down to endeavor to extinguish the flames. They bad been at work about three hours and had got the fire under control when the gas was ignited in some unknown manner and the explosion followed. The mine was badly damaged. MA J. SPAULDING, Fourth Cavalry, commanding Fort McDowell, met his death by the accidental discharge of a gun while out hunting near Phoenix, Arizona. His wife took his remains to Kalamazoo, Mich., for interment. AT Lima, Ohio, Oustavus Clements fell under his horses'feet and was kicked to death. / AT Lafayette, /Ind., Slucher Miller, while painting a bam, fell from a scaffold and was killed. / OTIS LAFEVEB, son of a Rossville (Ind.) business man, was killed by a falling tree near Frankfort, IncL LYMAN PUSLEE, a fratricide, was 6hot near Tushka-Homma, I. T.. in the pres­ ence of several thousand Choctaws in ex­ ecution of a judicial sentence. Poslee met his fate stoically. He sat erect and cool on his coffin while his hands and feet were bound and his eyes bandaged, and he did not appear to flinch when the executioner gave the command to lire. His death was instantaneous, three bul­ lets from as many Winchesters piercing his breast near the heart. A MAN calling himself John Oakes ahd a companion entered the San Bernardino (Cal.) National Bank, Oakes presenting a check and asking that it be cashed. When Cashier E. H. Morse informed him that he would have to be identified, Oakes pulled a revolver and shot Morse, who returned the fire, wounding the assassin in three places. The men then attempted to escape, but were captured. The cashier died in half an hour, but it is thought that his murderer will recover. SA8TESN OCCURRENCES. THE Central State Normal School ^Building, at Lock Haven, Pa., has been totally destroyed by fire. One hundred jboarding students, most of whom were in building at the time, were safely re - moved. The building was of brick; four stories high, and cost $150,000. The ;amount of the insurance is said to be -•wall. The total number of students in Attendance was over 200. Many of them lost their books, clothes, and valuables. JLSBCEI HAWKINS was hanged at | IJiverhead, L. I. He died without flinch­ ing, maintaining to the last moment the perfect indifference he exhibited through- r «ot his imprisonment. The execution was Witnessed by about twenty-four persons, and was wholly without incident. The crime for which he paid the death penalty ,WM a peculiarly atrocious one, he having kiii«d 'his own mother Oct, lHtt/, becaune of her ce- ! lUsal to be reoonciled to the marriage of himself and a Miss Sobreck. He went to the houee o' his mother on the night bf thu murder, accord­ ing to his ccntMsion, with the avowed purpose .«< Killing her if she Btill refused to give her con- SSBi. Ho induced her to go out riding in a bujdtt '• and shot ,h#r thre* tones. • > AT Gettysburg, Pa., the Battle-field Memorial Association caused the arrest of Captain Reed, of the Seventy-second /Pennsylvania Regiment, for beginnini %wk on tho foondatioh of a monument members of the family left. There Is no clew to the supposed murderers. THE Maryland State steamer Gov­ ernor MoLane had an engagement with oyster pirates, sinking the schooners Julia A. Jones and J. 0. Moloney and captur­ ing others. It is believed that a number of the piratss were drowned. The latter were heavily armed with repeating rifles, aud used them without reserve, the State steamer being riddled with bullets and one of its crew shot. .AT Birmingham, Ala., the coroner's jury rendered a verdict that Mrs. Hawes and May Hawes came to their death at the hands of R. R. Hawes, and that Fannie Bryant and Albert Patterson were accom­ plices. Sboritf Smith, who was released on bail, was rearrested on two new war­ rants charging him with murder. v...:,--* l-V,, ^ W " • ACROSS THE OCEAN. A TREMENDOUS sensation has been cre­ ated in Rome by the refusal of his Holi- fiflss the Pope to bless a number of med­ als and relics sent to him by an Irish priest for the papal benediction before distribut'on in Ireland. In refusing to perform the act the Pope sternly said: "I cannot bless them. The people of Ireland are disobedient. They seem to prefer the gospel of Dillon and O'Brien to the gospel of Jesus Christ." THE Jtome Ossertatorc Romano pub­ lishes the Pope's letter to Bishops in America with reference to the care of Ital­ ian immigrants. This letter says: The Pope deplores the fact that many Ital­ ians, forced by poverty to emigrate, find them selves in a worse position than ever in America. Great danger attends their souls, both dur .ng the voyage and on their arrival, owing to the difficulty of meeting priests speakina Italian. Being much preoccupied with these facts the Pope charged the Congregation do Propaganda Fido to study the two-fold ̂ uostion of how to promote both the religious and the material wel­ fare of emigrants, and it has been decided to dis- ea.ch priests from Italy to localities inhabited y Italian emigrants. The Pope declares that it will afford him great satisfaction if the American Bishops will facilitate the task of these priests by referring to the Propaganda in regard to any changes required in their sacred duties. His Holiness concludes with a benediction upon the Bishops, clergy and faithful in America. THE London Standard says it has rea­ son to believe that the letter received at Suakin from Osman Digna announced that the Mahdi's troops had at length been successful, that Emin had held out bravely, but his men mutitied and delivered him with a white traveler (supposed to be Stanley) to the Mnhdist leader. Digna sends proof tending to support the truth of his assertions. Balloons and parachutes have been sent to Suakin for the use of the troops. HIS REASON DETHRONED. E. L. HARPER, the Fidelity Bank wrecker^and one of the principal figures in the big wheat deal, is a maniac. Harper - was taken to priscn at Columbus, Ohfij, one year ago to serve a term of ten years under the sentence of a federal couit. On his 4 th birthday (which he said was the only un­ happy one he had ovor experienced), when ho went to his work in the Secretary's office, it was fouud that he was tulk- ing in a rambling man­ ner of persons connect­ ed with his case-- lien Ko,iking, who ie on his •death-bed in prison, and President ' Cleveland. He under­ took to demonstrate that these aud others hod died at a certain hour. Harper has been reading religious books of late and hia mania is ola religions cast. As soon as his C GUuilics - as discovered tbo officials undertook to remove liini to the prison asylum, but he re­ fuged to move without being oouuimndod to do so by God. The ofiiciala were two hours in get­ ting him across the court square. Th© prison physician states that his insanity is of a bad type, as "God May command him at any moment to kill some one. It is believed the disappointment in hot being assured of a pardon, and the prospect that Hopkins will secure a pardon soon, so worked on his mind that reason was dethroned. Harper and Hopkins are strong enemies, though they have kept up communication in prison. Hopkins, when told of Harper s con­ dition, said that be knew Harper would meet some such fate beoause of the maimer in which he had treated him. Of the Fidelity officers, O. Briggs Swift is broken in mind and health, Harper is insane, B'aldwin is dead, and Hopkins isdying. A , 1* HARPER, FRESH AND NEWSY. CHIEF COLOROW. NEWS has been received from Ouray Agency, Green Biver, Utah, that Colorow, the celebrated chief of the Southern Utes, died at the agency of pneumonia. The red chief was the most famous in the West, and was a leader in the Meeker massacte and also in the Colorow war iu Utah a year ago. Since this last outbreak he has been under mili­ tary surveillance, 'uhich has greatly worried him. About a month ago he took a violent cold, which rapidly developed into pneumonia. He was over 7u ytars of age, and will be sucoeeded by Tapovonaro, chief at the Uncompaghres. SOUTHERN INCIDENTS. THE last act in the building of the mag­ nificent new granite Capitol of Texas transpired at Austin, when the Capitol Board, including Governor Ross and the heads of the departments met, with Abner Taylor of Chicago, con­ tractor, and Architect Miller present, and formally and finally accepted the building on behalf of Texas. There was little ceremony, and only the necessary papers were signed. Resolu­ tions were adopted that, as the defects discovered had been remedied by Ihe con­ tractor, "to the complete satisfaction" of Architect Miller, tho Capitol be accepted according to the act of Legislature pro­ viding for its construction. Thus ends the controversy about alleged defects in the building, which has been paid for with 3,000,000 acres of Texas land, wes six jears in building, and is pronounced by architects one of tho finest structures in the world. NEWS has been neceived from Cook- ville, Texas, that the dwelling of John R. King was burned, and King, his wife, and Six children were burned to death. It is supposed that the victims were murdered ana the house set oa tire. Th® lira was not discovered until the house was com­ pletely destroyed. The remains of tl eight victims were taken frdfn the rui: and buried in one graves. The family we: OBDERS have been issued by the Navy Department for the United States steam- ere Galena and Yantie to sail from New York at once for Port-au-Prince, Hayti, to enforce the demand of this Govern­ ment concerning the release of the Amer­ ican steamer Hnytian Republic. They will sail in conipauy and will be under command of Rear-Admiral Luce. The owner of the Hayiiats Republic, uy special permission of the Secretary of the navy, will be a passenger in the Galena, and it it is therefore expected that the vessel will be restored to him as soon as it comes into the possession of the naval officers. MRS. PARSONS, wife of one of the an­ archists who were hanged at Chicago, ar­ rived at New York recently from Europe. She announces that she is engaged to be married to M. Bernstein, the Hebrew editor of an anarchist sheet at Zurich, Switzerland. AN employe of a Chicago livery-stable has created a small sensation by disclos­ ing the statement that W. B. Tascott, the alleged murderer of Millionaire Snell, en- ' listed in the regular army shortly after the murder, and is now stationed in Wash­ ington Territory. Steps have been taken to ascertain the truth or falsity of tho statement. ____________ MARKF.T KKrOBML 4.00 8,09 6.00 8.00 .M 3 CHICAGO. CATH,*--RRLME Steers... 3.53 ' Medium Common...". Hons-Shipping Grades. 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Hawes, charged with the wanton murder of his wife and child, was confined in the jail. The finding of the body of the murdered woman, heavily weighted with iron, at the ^bottom of a lake, incensed the populace, and a large crowd gathered about the jail' with the avowed intention of lynching Hawes. Sheriff Smith and posse were prepared to defend their prisoner, and warded the mob away. The crowd surged forward despite tho warnings, when the officers opened fire, killing throe men instantly, fatally wounding seven, and injuring more or less seriously some thirty others. Those instantly killed were, Postmaster M. B. Throckmorton, J. R. McCoy, an# A. D. Bryant. Those fatally wounded were, A. B. Tarrant, Colbert Smith (colored), Chat. Jenkins, ---- Branden, Frank Children, an unknown negro, and a stranger. Among the wonndad were: C. C. Tate, who will die; Lawrence Fitzhugh; A. J. Schiede; a mechanic formerly of Kala­ mazoo, Mich., fatally hurt; J. T. Mont­ gomery; Mr. Berkeley; Charles Bailey, of Boston, a Louisville and New Albany brakeman; John H. Merritt; Matt Ken­ nedy; J. W. Owen, a carpenter; J. W. Gilmore, of Green Springs; Albert Smith, colored; W. A. Byrd. Postmaster Throckmorton was a very popular citizen. He waB born at Louis­ ville, Ky., thirty years ago and came to Birmingham in 1880 as agent for the Southern Express Company. About eighteen months ago he was appointed postmaster. He leaves a wife and one child. A. 13. Tarrant, after the first vol­ ley, lay down on the ground with the hope of avoiding the flying bullets. Fate would not have it BO, however, and a ball Btruck him ns he lay on his face and langed up his back. After a few minutes' suffering he died. Mr. Bran­ den, one of the dead, told a hospital attendant that he boarded at the house of the SheriJff of Etowah County at Gadbden, and that he came here on business in the United States Court. Mr. Berkeley, one of the wounded, was seated on the rear porch of W. Siddons' residence when shot. William Youngblood, Mr. Alex­ ander, and Edward Cooper, first -reported as either killed or wounded, were not hurt. A. D. Bryant fell at the first vol­ ley. He was in front of the crowd, and was trying to restrain the mob at the time. Col. Thomas G. Jones, of the Second Regiment of Alabama State troops, has arrived with five companies, and is confi­ dent of his ability to prevent any further attempt at mob violence. There was much excitement for awhile, but it has subsided somewhat. Sheriff Smith said in an interview that he deeply regretted the occurrence?, but felt that he had simply done his duty in upholding the majesty of the law. He said he gave the mob amply warning, and did uot give tho Older to fire until it was absolutely necessary to do BO, and after the mob had begun to fire upon the jail. Mayor Thompson has issued a procla­ mation expressing sympathy for the fam­ ilies of the victims of the tragedy, aud deeply regretting the occurrence, but fa­ voring the maintena?e of law and order, and appealing to all who love peace and good order to refrain from publio assem­ blage and remain in the quiet of their homes. Sheriff Smith has been arrested on the charge of murder. HISTORY OF HAWES' CBIXB. ' About a week ago Jhe body of one of Hawes' daughters, was found in East Lake. «p pa rentlyTRijmed, but exam­ ination of the body showed it to have been a case of foul murder. Hawes was arrested for the crime on the following day, but stoutly denied his guilt. He said his wife and other daughter bad gone on a visit to her relatives in Maine, and as they had been divorced for some months, though living together, nothing strange was thought of the fact that when arrested he was accompanied by a youthful bride. But Hawes' story about his first wife's Journey was not believed and a search of his house showed every evidence of a brutal murder, but the bodies of the victims could not be found. Thursday and Friday search­ ing parties searched every foot of wood for miles around the city, but strange to say no one suggested searching the place where the body was found at last. Saturday morning some one said: "Drag the lake at Lake View." This is a pretty little sheet of water at the principal suburban town, two miles from the city and half a mile only from the house where the HaweB fami­ ly lived. A searching party at once went to the lake with drag-hooks and began the search. About noon the body of Mrs. Hawes was found. It was lying on the bottom of the lake at the deepest part, about 300 feet from shore. The back of the woman's head had been laid open by a terrible blow from an ax, making a frightful gaping wound. Se­ curely fastened around the woman's ntck was a piece of railroad iron which would weigh fifty pounds. Another piece was tied to her wanst itnd a third piece to her ankles. The three pieces of iron will weigh 150 pounds. Like wild-tire the news spread over tho city. It was said the body would be brought into the city to the undertaking rooms, and in less than two hours the two streets leading to the rooms were filled with excited humanity. There were no threats, no loud talking, but in the faces of the crpwd there was a look which meant death to the prisoner in the jail four blocks away if he could be reached. The officers de­ cided that a sight of the woman's body would inflame the crowd, and it was quietly taken out 0/ the city under a strong guard. Two hours after the finding of the body two officers went to the jail and informed Hawes of the fact. He did not change color and had tittle to say, except to deny all knowledge of the crime. The slvriif thought it would be best to remove Haw<j>s j to Montgomary, and he was a«kel if he would be willing to don tae tin forua o? a policeman and walk through tho streets to the depot. He studied a m >me it and t ten asked if the jail was guardel. Whju toll that it was he replied that ho wo .Id preier to remain in his cell rather than take the phance of showing his iaoe on the street. The other child, which had been missing, has not been fouud, but thero is no longer any doubt that iflje has been murdered. The esarch for the body will be continued. The evidence against Hawes is most damaging, and it is now certain that he had one ac­ complice, perhaps more than one. Every statement he has made in connection with the matter has been proven untrue. A search of the Hawes house disclosed blood' stains in every room. A bloody trail leading in the direction of the lake was also found. After the blood stains in the house were found Friday the building was left un­ guarded for two hours, and when the offi­ cers returned some one had entered through a window and washed away all tho traces of blood, showing that there is an plice still at large. Wife No. 2 has gone back to her and will at once begin g proceed in annulment of the marriage. ALL SUUTST NOTHING is irredeemably VIBTUE is like a prec plain set. THE rising generation in the morning. No MAN can answer or courage till he has IF one is not o fortunes may lead GREAT ENGLISH RACER. ORMONDE PURCHASED BT All AKIR. _ ICAN FOB 988,000. Next to the Biggest Price Ever Paid torn A Horse--A Presidential Crank Who Wants to Oust Cleveland--Expenditures ef the Various States. [New York speclaLJ . The Derby winner, Ormonde, ha? been sold to sn American for £17.000. This is next to the biggest price ever paid for a stallion.. The buyer is said to be John A. Morris, of Throgg's Neck, L. I., who has made millions out of the lottery business. The purchase of Ormonde is lottery busi­ ness of the wildest sort.' The horse of the century, tho winner of the triple crown, the mighty successor of West Australian. Gladiateur, and Lord Lyon, tho champion of the English turf, the invincible Ormonde, is a "roarer." If he were not no amount of American dollars could have induced the I)uke of Westminster to have parted with him. All tho resources of science have been expended in a vain effort to cure him of his malady. At the ! close of tho racing season of 1886 Ormonde was universally and justly regarded as the Grandest horse in the world. If ho had roken down, his value as a sire would at least have been as great as the sum ($70,000) given by the Duko of Westminster for Or­ monde's grandsire. Doncaster, and for many years to come the winner of the Derby, the Bt. Loger, and the 2,0JO Guineas, would probably have hold his court in Eaton Hall, in Cheshire, as n. worthy successor to Touchstone and Pantaloon, to Doncaster and Ben d'Or. But being touched in the wind, his noble owner had no use for him, and sold him to an American for $85,000. This sum, preposterous as it seems, is $9,000 less than Lord Dupplin paid to Mr. Gosden for Petrarch, the St. Leger winner in 1878. Ormo"ndo is five years old. He is not a perfect beauty, nor is he a perfect horse to the eye. His color Is dark bay, with the black rising nearly to the hocks. There is a great deal of daylight under him. Some people call him leggy. He is over sixteen hands, a powerful, rangy, and impressive creature. The shoulders are long, bold, and sloping; the neck is short and thick; tho feet and legs are firm as steel, and the quarters are superb. Ill-fortune seems to follow the noted race-horses imported from England to the United States. Prince Charlie, who was purchased in England only four or' five years ago, died in 1886. His owner at once secured Lord Falmouth's Derby winner. Kingcraft, to take his place. Kingcraft died on the steamship that was bringing him over. It is a singular co­ incidence that Blue Gown, the winner,of the Derby two years before him, also died on the voyage to this country. There are, ho\Vever, two Derby winners now in the United States--Iroquois and St. Blaise, Nearly two years ago it was suggested that the Duke of Westminster send Ormonde to Kentucky, whore, it was believed, he might be cured of roaring. It is rumored that Mr. Morris bought Ormonde for Senator George Hearst, of California. THE HAN WHO WAS ELECTED. P . , .11 A Crank Who Wants Cleveland to Turn Over tlie Presidency to Him. [Washington telegram.] CUe man who thinks he has been elected President to succeed the present incumbent has already turned *p and wants to oust Mr. Cleveland right away. He is a crank named O. W. Jamison and says he is from Hartsville, Bucks County. Pa. Officials at the White House have been annoyed by the man, who has paid frequent visits there for the purpose of seeing the President. He is about 45 years old and well dressed, and presents the appearance of a man in good circumstances. Early in the morning and late in the evening he appeared to see the President on important business. Each time he appeared he carried in his hands a bundle of munuscript and newspapers. On a dozen or more sheets of legal-cap paper he has written what pur­ ports to be a report by the Secretary of the Navy. This convinced the officials that the man was a crank, and Sergeant Johnson notified him to keep away from the White Mouse. One day he managed to slip ii\ un- noticed with a visiting delegation, and when discovered by the officials he was ftp stairs on his way to the President's room. Sergeant Johnson then put him out and again warned him to keep away under a threat of arrest. This, however, did not frighten him, and a few hours later he re­ turned in a cab and again insisted 011 seeing the President. He was sent away from the door. Later on the officials discovered that the visitor had left his coat. He returned to the White Houso apd was placed under ar­ rest. He was taken to the sanitary office, wherohe was questioned by Sanitary Officer Frank. He said that he was a widower and had four children, whom he left in charge of a Mrs. Rutherford. "There was an election last month," re­ marked tho stranger. "I believe there was." said the officer. "Well." said Jamison, "there is a mistake as to the man who was elected. Cleveland and another man ran. Cleveland was de­ feated, but the other man was not elected." "Who was?" asked the officer. "I was." ho answered. "And I came here to seo that President Cleveland turns over the office to mo and not to the other man." EXPENSES OF THE STATES. A Table Showing the Population, Tax Levy and Expenditures of the Several States. Below is presented an interesting table showing the tupt levy, population and expen­ ditures of the various States of the Uuion: g.3 O-Ch Alabama...... . ArknnsRS California Colorado Coonectio-t..... Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Iowa..,.......,., Kansas..... Kentucky Louisiana. ;...« Maine Maryland... ....... Massachusetts...... Michigan Minnouota........... Mississippi. Missouri Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire..... New .U riey . j. New York ,i. No^th Carolina.../.. Ohio Cr-Kon f , P«»»inmlvm a..(..... Bho e li-laud./..... * out 1 ^a-'til^t. T Ul «M THX! 01 Ver*ui Vi.g n \\ etfVj Wisi 1,212,505 0.55 802,5Wi 0.40 8j4,094|O 00ft 194,3-2710.30 62'J,700i0.'20 2fiJ,49't|0.30 ,54«,18)(W77 3,077,871 !.33 1,978,301 0.805 1,024,615| J.'25 990,090 0.36 l,M8,tS90;0.475 93.1,94010. (ill ti48,9:-tt;l0.275 934,943 0.187 l,7S!i,085 3 1.500 0.1*27 780,77310.19 0.35 0.40 0,8125 0.90 1.41) 0/256 1,131,597 •2,1'8,38J 452,4012 (2,206 340,991 1,113,110 5, 852,87110.'29("> 1,8: A,7.4)|t>.375 ,3,198,Of,2 0.29 174,708 0.005 1,282,89110.178 270,531{0.12 995,577 0.425 1,542,359 0.33 1,591,74910.30 332,28010.12 1,512,566 0.40 618,4570.35 1,315,49710.15 • 009,589.27 540,000.00 6,040,013.00 612,'00.00 I,721,171.14 298,824.15 4.453.339.10 4,217.000.00 4.774.220.41 1.ISC9,358.31 2,778,8tt0.3J 2,653,440.81) 1,515, WXS.63 1,108,544.30 •.',12.% 109.90 II,071.293.95 2,89>,!i.">2.07 3,750,814.08 804,378.74 2,870, 00.00 1.411.154.11 257,149.50 848,984.95 1,202,9.0.44 15,829,124.97 785,041.78 3,056,067.47 3 9,139.71 7.203.295.42 819,705.06 987,974.83 1,250,000.00 1,935,009.00 600,000.00 2,626.913.00 1,324,116.56 2,171,201.7» DOINGS OF CONGRESS. IMPORTANT MEASURE* CONSIDERED AND ACTED UPON. At the Nation's Capitol -- What Xs Bom by the Senate and Hoaee --Old Matter* Disposed of and Mew Ones Con­ sidered. THE Benate resumed consideration of the tariff bill, en the 10th inst., the pending business betas on Mr. Harris' amendment to reduce the duty on beams, girders, joists, angles, etc., and all structural shapes of iron or steel from one and one-tenth cents per pound to six-tenths of a eenfc per pound. Several amendments were offered, allot whieh were voted down. Among the bills introduced in the House and referred were the following: By Lawler (111.)--Creating a pension of au a month to honorably dlschaigedjioldiers and sailors who are 60 years of age. By Horse (Mass.)--To repeal the interstate eonmieree law. By ]fr.cT>on aid --For a constitutional con­ vention in the Territory of North Dakota. By Chipman (Mich.)--For the construction of lighthouses and fog-signal stations-on lAkes Erie and Superior, and authorizing the con­ struction of a railway bridge across the Detroit River. By Clardy (Mo.)--Appropriating §150,- OiKt for the improvement or Bt. Iiouis harbor. By Outhwaito {Ohio;--Making Colum- 1>UB, Ohio, a port of delivery. By Dubois (Idaho) -- For tho admission of the btato of Idaho. By MoAdoo <N. J.)--Pro­ posing a constitutional amendment providing for uniformity as to the day for choosing rresi­ dential electors and forbidding the voting for any 'other officer save Representatives In Cohgreas on that day. A resolution was iutroduoed and referred looking to an investigation and a rem­ edying of certain election frauds and contrib­ uting money foi- canspaigr purposes. CONSIDERATION and discussion of the tariff bill was rusumed in the Senate on the 11th inst,, aud occupied the principal part of tho day. Mr. Chandler presented in the Senate a petition praying for an investigation into alleged depri­ vations of the right to vote for elector a and <Jon- gresBraau in Soutn Cnrolina last' month. This petition is eigued by 1,900 residents of Ziegler precinct, Orangeburg County, fcouth Carolina, und recites that they endeavored to comply with the registration law of the State, but were pre- vtnted from doing EO, and then on the day of elec tion were refused the right to vote. A let! er accompanying the petition says that 2,363 voters of Orangeburg County were thus deprived ot their rights of franchise. Tie names were taken at the polls as taut as their owners were refused the privilege of deixmiting their ballots. The petition awl letter wt r« irolVrred to the Commit­ tee on Privileges and Elections. Tho Senate agreed to Mr. E'rye'e resolution instructing the Commit eo on Foreign Affairs to inquire'into the condition of affmrs at the Kamoan Islands as far as the interests and rights of American residents there are ail'ected; the relations of the United States to the islands end In r obligations under existing treaties, aud what action, by the United States, if any, was demanded. ' Mr. Edmunds, from the Judiciary Committee, re­ ported a resolution, which was agreed to, call­ ing on the Attorney General fo<. Information concerning the execution of the act of March 3, 1887, in .reference to bigamy, also to report the names oi all United states oUlcers wno have had any connection with Rtmh execution, in what capacity, and what compensation has been olainn d or received by them. The House spent the dt y in oommlttse of tho whole on the direct-tax bi\t. THE dnty cu cotton tiss, etc., oocupled ths whole atten.ioi of the Senate on the 12th inst., and gave an opportunity to several Senators to discuss iho lav® election campaign and the President's civil-service policy. The direct tax bill passed the House by a vote of 178 yeas to 08 nays. Forty-one Democrats and 187 Repub­ licans composed the majority. The nega­ tive voted eame from the Democratic side of the Hons®. Mr. Town stand was the only Demo­ crat in the Illinois delegation who voted for the bill. Mr. Anderson was absent. More than one- half of the fort v-ono Democrats who voted with the majority came from the South. Speaker Carlisle,' Mills, Kandail and ail the leaders fought it, but Judge Holm an sent in an aye. The bill did not receive enough votes to pass it over a veto. When, the measure came up in the committee of the whole of the House Mr. Cox, of New York, declared it to be profligate, im­ moral end objectionable on account of its glaring inequality. Mr. Cummings Hnicl the money would find its way into the pockets of people who had been citizens of foreign countries when the tax was collected. Mr. Klliott offered and the cotnmitU e adopted an amendment providing for the payment to certain owners or heirs of owners in (south Caro­ lina the value of lands assessed for taxation by the United States. The amendment carries with it an appropriation of $850,000. The bill makes it the" duty of the Secretary of the Treas­ ury to credit each State and Territory and the District of Columbia a enm equal to all collections by set-off or otherwise made from said States and Territories and the District of Columbia, or from any of the citizens or inhabitants thereof, or other persons, under the act of Congress approved K,Aug^ 5,1881, and remits all money still due to the United States on the quota of the direct tax. It appropriates such sums as may be necessary to reimburse each State, Territory, and the District of Columbia for all money found due to them; and the Treasurer of the United States is directed to pay the same to the Governors of the States and Territories, and to the Commission­ ers of the .District of Columbia; provided that where the sums, or any part thereof, credited to any State, Territory, or the District of Colum­ bia, have been collected by the United States from the citizens or inhabitants thereof, or any other person, either directly or by sale of property, such sums shall be held in trust by such State, Territory, or by the District of Columbia, for the benefit of those persons or inhabitants or their legal representa­ tives ; and, provided further, that no part of the money collected from individuals and to he held in trust- shall be retained by the United States as a set-off against the indebtedness allegt d to exist against the State, Territory, or District of Columbia, in which such tax was collected; aud provided further, that no part of the money hereby appropriated shall be paid out by the Government of any State or Territory, or any BY THE PRESIDENT. tfor Minister to Spain--Staff Position)'. ashington telegram], idont has sent the following s to the Senate: States Minister to Spain--Perry of New York. ) nt Commissioner Indian Affairs-- ^ Enright. of Michigan. IpSrintendcnt Indian Schools:^Samuel H. Albro. of Now York. Indian Inspector--James C. (Saunders, of Arkansas. ' Internal - Revenue Collectors -- George Washington Hensel. Ninth District of Penn­ sylvania; Andrew G. Chapman, District of Maryland. Indian Agents--Samuel T. Lenvy for the Yankton Agency in Dakota; Charles £. andover, of Indiana, for the Navajo Agency in New Mexico. Army Appointments -- Capt Feter D. Vroom. Third Cavalry, Inspector General, with the rank of Major; Captain Edward Hunter, First Cavalry, Judge Advocate, with the rank of Major: Capt. Geonie U. Davis. Fifth Cavalry, Judge Advocate.with the rank of Major; First Lieutenant Itobert Craig, i Fourth Artillery. First Quartermaster, with the rank of Captain; Capt. Douglas M. Scott. First Infantry, Commissary of Sub­ sistence, with the rank of Captain: First Lieutenant Charles Hay. Twenty-third In­ fantry, Commissary of Subsistence, with the rank of Captain; William Joseph lias* kin, ot Illinois, to be Post Chaplain. * other person, to any attorney or agent un­ der any contract for cervices now existing or heretofore made between the representa­ tive of any State or Territory and any attorney or agent. All claims under the trust shall be filed wkh the Governor of such State or Terri­ tory and the Commissioners of the Districtjof Columbia respectively within six years next after passage >"* tMs «rt, and all claims not so filed shall be forever barmd, aud the money at­ tributable thereto shall belong to such State, Territory, o* District of Columbia, respectively, as the case may be. The river and harbor bill was reported to the House and was referred to the committee ot the . whole. It appropriates 911,900,850. In reporting baok favorably to the House a bill granting a pension of *3,600 a year to tho widow of Gen. Sheridan, the Committee on Invalid Pensions says: "There has been decided opposition in this committee to these unusually large pen­ sions to widows, but this report is made favorable In this case upon the ground that Congress oannot well refuse such action after giving large pensions to others who are less meritorious." THK Senate continued the discussion of the tariff bill on the 18th, several members ot that body making speeches, Mr. Vest characterizing the measure as in the interest of New England mtuiufac.urers. The Senate confirmed the nom­ inations of Perry Belmont as Minister to Spain and William J. l.arkin, of Chicago, as army Post Chaplain. The Oklahoma bUl was considered in the Housd in committee of the whole* und an amendmeat offered by Mr. raysoa (111.) piovidcd that the rights of hon­ orably discharged Union soldiers to make homes on the publio lands tin lor the existing homestead laws snail not in any ilegrt e be impaired by the bill, aud that their lights under those laws shall extend to the lands open to settlement under its provisions. Mr. l'ayson, in answertc^Mr Weaver (Iowa), said that tho Government would pay for tho land, and predicted that Mr. Springer would not dare to vote against the amendment. Mr. Springer declared that he would vote against it, and characterized the proposition as demagogical and inconsistent. Mr. Weaver yielded to no member in his devotion to the men who carried the flag in the late war, but this amendment was a proposition to stab the bill in '.he name of the Union sol­ dier. He had never , eard of Union soldiers asking lor such «n amendment, and it was not offered in their interest. Mr. Warner (Ohio) said that if the lands were public lands he would be in favor of the amendment, but they were not. The proposition is to purchase them. Mr. Fay- son suggested that Oklahoma would embrace the 3,500,000 acres of the public land strip. After a lengthy debate and no action, the House adjourned, He Wanted a Fresher Style* Veteran editor (to young man whom he had engaged for an assistant)--I find that you have deceived me, sir. Yotmg assistant (astonished) -- In what way? "Yon said yon had A^T had much ex­ perience in editorial "So I did." "And you eommeneevan editorial on the late election with 'And now that the Bmoke of battle has cleared away.' None but the very oldest editors in the country use that phrase. I employed you in order to get something fresh and new; but if you persist in dealing out those ancient chestnuts you might ai well quit"--Texas Siftings. The Editor Was Consistent to the End. The editor was dying, but when the doctor placed his ear to the patient's heart and muttered sadly: "Poor fel­ low ! circulation almost gone!" he raised himself and gasped: " 'Tis falset We have the largest* circulation of any paper in the country!" Then he AANK back upon his pillow WITH a triumph­ ant smile upon his features. He was consistent to the end--lying about his circulation. "--AT, Louis Critic. 3 A^T had n 1 writing." CTX ... BLAINE TO SHERMAN. AX INTERESTING CORRKgPOKOEXCt flj NOW MADE PUBUC. Mr. Btatae - Favored Usnum for «i»+. Presidential Candidate* hat He Dtdnt Want It, and Gives His Reasons There* for--The Great Explogion la Chicago. [Gen. Sherman, in North American Review.] ??. In the year of our Lord 1881 there was to be a sharp contest for tho nomination tn :; Chicago for a Presidential candidate of the Bepublican party. The press and people generally believed that Blaine wanted it. and everybody turned to him as the man best qualified to execute the policy to ao- complish the result aimed at. Still, abna- gating himself, he wrote to me from Wash- - ington this letter: ., [Confidential, strictly and absolutely so,] -- ~ WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 4>, 1884. MYDKAE GKSKBAI.: This letter requires ue answer. After reading it file it awav in vcmr most secret drawer or give it to the Hamee." At the approaching oonveniion at Chicago It is more than possible, it la indeed not improb­ able, that you may be nominated for the Presidency. I?, so, you must stand your hand, accept the responsibility and assume the duties of the place to which you wiJ surely be cboe^ if a candidate. Yon must- not look upon it as the work of the'- - politicians. If it comes to von it will come as the ground-ewell of popular demand, and you can no more refuse tbau you could have refused to obey an order when you were a t ieutenant in the army, ir it comes to you ait all it will corua as a call of patriotism. It would In such an event injure your great fame aa much to decline ' it as it would for you to seek it. Your hietorfe record, full as it is, would be rendered still more glorious by such an administration an yon would be able <0 give the country. Do.not sap a word in advance of the convention, no* matt* who may ask yon. You are with your friends, •who will jealously guird your honor and renown, ... JAMJK Q. BLAISE, To which I replied: *012 GABBISOX AVEHUE, BR. Louis, Mo., 1 U „ *' May 28,1881, Hon. .Tames G. Blaine, Waehiugton, D. C.: MY DEAR FRIEND--I have received your lettsr of the '25th, shall construe it as absolutely fldential, not intimating even to any memt my family that I have heard irom you, w though you may not expect an answer I hope you will not construe one as unwarranted. 1 have had a great many ietterqjfrom all points of the compass to a similar effect, one or two Ot which I have answered frankly, but the great mass are unanswered. I ought not to submit myself to the cheap idicule of declining what is not offered, but It is only fair to the many really able men who rigl* fully aspire to the high honor of being Pres­ ident of the United States, to let them know that 1 am not and must not be construed as a rival. In every man's life occurs an epoch whflB he must ehoore his own career and when be may not throw off the responsibility or tamely place hie destiny in the hands of friends. Mine occurred in Louisiana, when, in 1861, alone in th® midst of a people blinded by wrongs, I resolved to stand by the Union long as n fragment of ab survived on which to ding. Since then, through faction, •osnpent, war and peace, my career has been au my family and friends could ank. We are now in a good house of our own choice, with reason­ able provisions for old ago, surrounded by kind and admiring friends, in a community where Catholicism is held in respeot and veneration, and where my children will naturally grow up in contact with an industrious and frugal peo- ple. You have known and appreciated Mrs. Sherman from childhood, have also known each and all the members of my family, and csn under­ stand without an explanation from me how their thoughts and feelings should and ought to influence my action. But I will not ev4h throw off on them the responsibility. I will not in any event entertain or accept a nomination aa a candidate for President by the . Chicago Republican Convention, or any other eonvention, for reisons personal to myself, I claim that the civil war, in which I simply dtf a man's fair share of wor*, so perfectly aocona- flisbed peace that military men have an absfe ute right to rest, and to demand that the me who have been schooled in the arts and practioe of peau<B> shall r.ow do their work equally well. Any Senator can step from his chair at the Capi­ tol into the Whit > House and fulfill the ofnoe of President with more .skill and success than a Grant, Sherman or Sheridan, who were soldiers by education and nature, who filled well their office when the country was In danger, but were not schooled in the practice by wh'oh civil com­ munities are and should be governed. I claim that our experience since 1865 demonstrates ths truth of this my proposition. Therefore I w that patriotism does not demand of me what, * construe as a sacrifice of judgment, of inclina­ tion, and of self-interest. X Jiavs my personal affairs in a state of abao- • lute safety and comfort. I owe no man a cent, have no expensive habits, envy no man his wealth or power, no complications or indirect liabilities, and would account myself a fool, a ' madman, an ass, to embark anew at sixty-five years of age in a career that may become at any moment tempest-tossed by perSdy, the defalca­ tion. the dishonesty or neglect of any single one of a hundred thousand subordinates utterly un­ known to ihe President of the United Stistes, not to say the eternal worriment by a vast host Lilitary subcK- Eyeu as it is I am tortured by thb of impecunious friends and old ml dinates. charitable appeals < f poor, distressed pension­ ers, but as President these would be multiplied beyond human endurance. 1 remember well the experience of Generals Jackson, Harrison, Taylor, Crant. Hayes, and Garfield, all elected beoause of their military services, and am warned, not encouraged, by their aad experiences. . The civilians of the United States should ana must buffet with this thankless office, and leavs These letters prove absolutely that Mis, Blaine, though qualified, waived to me per­ sonally a nomination which the'world stul believes he coveted for himself. For copies of these letters I believe I havH been importuned a thousand times, but as m soldier I claim the privilege of unmasking my batteries when I please. In giving to the North American Review at this late day these letters; whieh thus fir have remained hidden in my private flies* I commit no breach of confidence, and to pat; at rest a matter of constant in­ quiry referred to in my letter Of May 28. 1884. I here record that my immediate family are strongly Catholic. I am not and cannot be. That is all tlMs public has a right to know; nor do I wish to be construed as departing from a resolve made forty years ago never to embark in politics. The brightest and best youth of our land have been drawn into that mael­ strom, and their wreoked fortunes strew the beach of the ocean of time. My mem­ ory even in its short time brings up name*; of victims by the hundreds, if not thousands*. CHICAGO* S ORE AT EXPLOSION. Three Men Killed and Others Wounded!** ,; Loss Over 9100,000. [Chicago special.] : The logs of life by the exposlon in David Oliver's oat-meal mill in this city was ns£ so great as feared. Three men were killed and others wounded. The financial loss will reach $100,000. The explosion is believed to have been caused by tho igniting of mill dust. The scene presented after the catas­ trophe was one of thrilling desolation. The oat-meal mill was a blazing wreck, and halt a dozen adjoining buildings wore on lire, -The spectacle presented at the time of tho explosion was one of startling grandeut, and is thus described by a police officer: "I was startled by a column of fire that leaped from the roof of the mill, a sudden . glow at all its windows, and a dull noise. The mill was on lire. A second flash, more vivid than the first, lighted the mill. The • V [round shook and a hoarse roaring began. , ayes cracked open like an oyerbaked muffin; tHe. Phe roof ot the mill rose before my eyes 1 walls spread; a thousand jets of fire burst from the widening gaps In the masonry; a wave of the air struck me with solid force; falling bricks began to pelt the roofs anil roadway about me. and then with a thunderous crash the mill sunk from view and a sea of Are boiled above' the spot where it had lately stood. I was scared. I have pursued mad dogs, chased a thief into his own house, and never failed of duty, but when hell lifts its lid right under my nose I weaken." Four men were working in the mill. Only one of these four escaped instant and awful death, and he may die from his wounds. The four ineaa were Charles Miller, the engineer; John *Holmes. the miller; and Ernest Caspar and John Christensen. general-utility men. Holmes alone survives. Miller's body was pinioned, feet upward, in a jam of timbers near the surface of the wreck, at a spot outside of the building. It is probable that he had witnessed the inception of the disas­ ter, and was endeavoring to get out when overwhelmed. His legs wore burned, but his body and head escaped the lire, so that the anguish and despair of his terrible fate was plainly expressed upon his dead face. Caspar's body was found, distorted and broiled. The property loss will reach $100,000. BLAINE FOR PREMIER. r It KB ported In K«w York That: j Accepted the State Portfolio. j The New York Star prints the follow»> ing cons} ic-nously; "The Star learns good authority that President-elect Ha?* rison has tendered the pott olio of the Secretary of State to James G. Blaine. .Mr- Blaine at once aunounced jus aco^jpt-^ t#BM of the appointuM*.* • •w , , iJ, j - "j