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McHenry Plaindealer (McHenry, IL), 17 Nov 1886, p. 2

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Thomas Murphy, keeper of the animals at Roger 'Williams Park, in Providence, R. I., -was ferociously . attacked by a large monkey known as Ben Bntler, as he was cleaning out its cage, and escaped only after a terrible struggle. His condition is critical.,. .The New York WveninQ Post published a card of Miss Bose Elizabeth Cleveland, stating that she bad severed her connection with Literary Life more than a month ago, aud that alleged interviews with tne publisher of that paper contain so little truth that they deserve Tennyson's stig­ ma of being "the worst of lies.".... U^on the arrival of a mail train on the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg Road at Dubois, Pa., the car inspector found three dynamite bombs and caps attached to the springs of the rear coach, which contained thirty-four persons. It is believed that the explosives were placed under the car at Pun\atawney, and how the train ran the twenty miles between that place and Dubois without an explosion occurring excites the greatest wonder. THE WES1V OoM>!TEii R. G. INGERSOU» has agreed Ift argue the case of the convicted an­ archists of Chicago before the Illinois Suprema Court. Leonard Sw%tt has also been retained... .The evidence in the great express robbery case, as made public, goes to prove that the messenger, David S. Fotheringham, was an accessory, or at least a willing victim, in the affair, says a St. Louis special. Discrepancies in his statements to the detectives indicate that he knows more of the manner to which the robbery was planned and executed than he would like to have them know, and an expert penman, who was before the grand jury, states that the three letters signed "Jim Cummings" were written by one and the same man, and ex­ presses his belief that that man was Foth­ eringham, and that he wrote them before tbe commission of the robbery. It now transpires that the messenger's trunk was Marched soon after the robbery, and a number of sheets of paper were found covered with copies of the signature of W. ii Barrett, manager of the express com- •. »wy- JUDGE SAGE, of the United States Dis­ trict Court, at Cincinnati, dismissed the bill of the Government in the Bell tele- fihone case without prejudice to the insti­ tuting of a suit elsewhere than Ohio. The Judge's opinion is very long. It grants the defendant's motion to quash the return 4m the ground that the service, ac­ cording to the Marshal's return, had been made upon local corporations | in Ohio, designated in the returns agents and partners of the de­ fendant. The court finds that the local corporations were not such agents as are Contemplated by the Ohio statute defining >r- the method of obtaining service upon for- T '" «gn corporations in Ohio. In passing on fbe plea in abatement the court finds that '* fbe elements for giving the court jurisdic- .., f , Hon are wanting. The opinion holds to be * Untenable the claim of the Government that fiie dealing in a patent made the company a domestic in the entire territory of the United States co-existent with the patent . The First National Bank of Indianapolis, Organized by William H. English and oth- . «rs in 1863, has decided to go into volun­ tary liquidation It is denied that the Pennsylvania Railroad is seeking to ac­ quire control of the Chicago and North­ western.... A strong flow of natural gas has been secured at Muncie, Ind., by boring /v ,*88 feet. EVANGELIST MOODY'S church, on the Corner of LaSalle and Chicago avenues, Chicago, has been partially destroyed by ire. The damage is estimated at $25,000. The fire is believed to have been of incen- *tsg origin. THE SOUTH. . THE Supreme Court of Mississippi has •ifirmed the constitutionality of the local- option liquor law... .A terrible shooting af­ fair is reported from Tchula, Miss.: "Mar­ shal Vantry McBee attacked a negro and •everely wounded him. Later in the day lie attacked another negro, and still later a fliird. He tnen jumped on his horse and rode •way, but after going two miles the animal fell and broke its neck. McBee walked lack to Tchula, where he began to drink And flourish his pistol. He finally shot another negro, wflb has since died. Mc­ Bee then fled to the canebrakes. The $heriff and four other men are in pursuit , 4>f him. McBee is accompanied by his brother Albert. They are armed with si* Or eight pistols and shotguns, and it is re­ ported that they have declared that they f(rill not be taken alive," 3y/.V. A FtUBtSTEfelNG scheme designed to , establish a new republic in the Mexican -..States of Sonora, Durango, and Chihuahua been outlined by an emissary at Dai- Texas. Cutting is Baid to be one of e leaders of the affair. Three members u jof the executive committee are Catholic '«.] priests, one of whom is now on his way to . jRome for a confeience with the Pope. In corroboration of the above story, it is stated that the Mexican military band has ^/•'received telegraphic orders to return from ^ •'[ \ Texas without delay. { THE Governor of Alabama, in his ff-message, states that more th«. one-third I' • of the revenues of the State are devoted to f'l'7 the public schools . Commander - in - Wf&:i Chief Fairchild, of the Grand Armv, will visit Nashville December 6 and 7, *,;.;'A«nd great preparations are being made by the posts in the depart- meat to receive him. A Campure or ban- sjk t ^ quet and excursions to old battlefields are f on the programme Rev. G. W. Bowne 4: f a? Episcopal pulpit at if Salisbury, Maryland, has been baptized as "> „ m Roman Catholic, and will enter a sem- | J ^ faary at Baltimore and prepare for the *&? ' 'I: priesthood. He is 20 years of age. and a native of New York. ' X;t ? ' The money for their redemption 1MM, bow- ever, been taken from the Treasury cash, and that fund has been reduced accord­ ingly. The remainder of the outstanding bonds are embraced in the 144th call, which does not mature till Doe. 1. THE claim of Editor Cutting against the Mexican Government for $50,000 dam­ ages, on account of false imprisonment and personal indignities suffered by him, has been for some time on file in the State Department, but it has not yet been ex­ amined by the Secretary, and there has been therefore no decision with regasd to the disposition to be made of it. THE Pension Bureau has allowed $12,- 444 to John T. Moncrief, a member i>f the Eleventh Illinois Volunteers, now in- ' sane, and $11,917 to Josiah Brinard, for- | merly of the Eighty-eighth Pennsylvania j Regiment These are the largest first pay­ ments ever made. iUftodfarrsg, the Prime Minister, proposed the *ame of Prince Waldemar. The POI'ITICAI*. % IT is stated by the Cincinnati Timea-Star that Speaker Carlisle will, at the expiration of his term in Congress, remove to Wichita, Kansas, where his sons are engaged in business The official canvass in the Second Congressional District of Illi­ nois gives the seat to Frank Law- ler by a plurality of six votes....s. The official canvassers of New Jersey an­ nounce that the next Legislature will com­ prise forty Democrats, tnirty-nine Repub­ licans, and one Lalx>r Democrat. The board also reports officially that the Third District of Passaic Clountv is a tie, Carroll (Labor-Democrat) and Emley (Republican) having received the same number of votes. In several districts the reported pluralities are very small, and recounts will be de­ manded by both Democrats and Repub­ licans. SPEAKER CARLISLE, being interviewed at Wichita, Kan., said that he did not con­ sider the result of the late elections damag­ ing to the tariff-reform issue generally. The revenue reformers, he had been in­ formed, would be stronger, numerically, in the next Congress, in proportion to the total number of Democrats, than in the last Congress, and the policy of tariff re­ form, he thought, must and would con­ tinue to be pressed. Mr. Carlisle^ contradicted the report that he con­ templated removing from Kentucky.... Washington telegram: "The Attorney General said to-day that the resignation of District Attorney Delaney of Wisconsin bad been accepted in good faitb, when the latter was nominated for Congress, to take effect on the appointment of his successor, and the fact that he had been defeated in tbe canvass would not make the slightest difference. He would be relieved from duty very soon." OFFICIAL vote of Ohio: Robinson, Re­ publican, 340.895; McBride, Democrat, 329,314; Smith, Prohibitionist, 28,657; Bon- sal, Greenback. 1,902 There were elect­ ed to the North Carolina Legislature 81 straight Democrats, 77 Republicans, and 12 independent Democrats. OFFICIAL returns from sixty-five out of eighty-six counties in Michigan gite Luce, Republican, 168,495; Yaple, Fuffion, 159,- 729; Dickie, Prohibition, 24,759. Luce's plurality, 8,76G. There is little difference in the totals for State officers Official returns have been received from all the counties in Pennsylvania except eierbt. The aggregate vote for Governor thus far is: Beaver, Republican, 373,962; Black, Demo­ crat, 330,906; Wolfe, Prohibitionist, 28,224; Houston,Greenbacker and Labor, 3,683.... Hailey, the Democratic nominee for dele­ gate to Congress from Idaho, was defeated on account of his partiality for the Mormons. SECRETARY LAMAR says the reason why Gideon Tucker wrote such a high-sounding letter when offered the office of Commis­ sioner to examine railroads is that the place was tendered to Mr. Tucker because he had repeatedly and persistently applied for some office. The Secretary says he told him that some little position under the Government would be very agreeable to him, and he made the same remark to other members of the Cabinet. . • fv-'f j GENERAL. ' AT Los Yecos, Mexico, the hacienda of Hewlitt Griner, a Texas ranchman, was attacked by Mexicans, Griner and one of his men named John Weaver being killed. The Americans reached the Texas Bide of the riv^r under a volley from the Winchester rifles of the Mexicans.... Professor Foster, the Iowa meteorologist, predicts fierce storms between Dec. 4 and 17 next, during which railroads will be blocked with snow, high winds will de­ stroy property, and electrical disturbances will atfeci telegraph and telephone lines. James A. Whitney, an attorney of New York, has agreed to use his best en­ deavors to bring before the United States Supreme Court the case of the condemned Chicago anarchists. THE Mexican authorities have refused to surrender the body of Hewlett Griner, the wealthy Texan ranchman, ( who was murdered at Las Vegas, Mexico. Secre­ tary Bayard has been officially notified of the affair. THE required been secured Railway, the work pushed at the rate of loan q^v$3,0<io,i by Nthe Mexico ,000 having ci|n National construction will be milb a day.,.. .AH the knit-goods mills iV the State 6f New York, which employed 20.000 men, women, and children, have declared against the Knight of Labor. Two of the mills have yielded, but the others are being filled with non-union men. The Btrike was caused by the factory owners at Amsterdam refusing to promise that in case a cotton "jack" was put in operation, it would be placed in charge of a member of the spinners' union. WASHINGTON. A aTATEMENT prepared at the Treasury Department in regard to the status of the 3 per cent, loan at the close of business 4 FORE16N, THOMAS POWER O'CONNOR was re­ elected President of the Irish National League of Great Britain at the Liverpool convention. The convention of 1887 will be held in Cardiff There is no longer pretense of reconciliation be­ tween Gladstonian and Liberal Unionists. The Prime Minister has agreed to abandon the adoption of a cloture by a bare majori­ ty, the idea of which is extremely distaste­ ful to a majority of Englishmen of all par­ ties, and to consent to a cloture by a major­ ity of two to one. The Tories themselves are splitting over the high-pressure cloture proceedings. THE German State Railway Council has forbidden the employment of men in act­ ive service on the railroads beyond eight hours a day Fred Archer, the celebrat­ ed English jockey, is dead. His death was the resnlt of a pistol-shot wound in­ flicted by himself while in a delirium re­ sulting from fever.... A state of siege has been proclaimed throughout Bul­ garia. The utter failure of the Russian plot at Boorghas has rendered the situation still more strained... .The Re- publique Francaine says that in the interest of cordial relations between France and England M. Waddington, French Ambas­ sador to England, has conveved to Lord Salisbury, the British Prime Minister, the opinion of France that England would be well advised if she would take the initia­ tive and fix a' date for the evaeuation of Egypt. THE Duke of Conn aught has been ap­ pointed commander of the forces in Bom- whole assembly rose in a body and elected Waldemar by acclamation. The public in the galleries did not participate in the en­ thusiasm manifested by the deputies, and <exhibited no approval of the election. In the -debate in the Sobranje preoeding the election of Prince Waldemar, M. Stainbu- loff and others dwelt upon the necessity of Mk attempt to reconcile Russia. Although their hearts were with Priuce Alexander, these speakers said the reflection of their late ruler was impossible. The public re­ ceived the news of Prince Waldemar's elec­ tion with coldness. Prince Alexander being the popular choice. A YOUNG American woman, who for the present refuses to divulge her name, haa entered upon a thirty days' fast in Paris under the surveillance of a committee. A cable dispatch says that "Prince Walde­ mar has sent a telegram expressing his grateful sense of the honor con­ ferred on him by the Bulgarian Sobranje in electing him Prince. He states, how­ ever, that the decision as to his acceptance rests in his father's hands, and this is con­ sidered to presage his rofusal of the throne. A Bulgarian deputation will visit Cannes to confer with the Prince. It is stated that King George of Greece will leave Athens if he accepts. Prince Nicho­ las at Mingrelia is favored by the Czar for ttoftoeitiou. He is a Russian subject,' i ADDITION AL NEWS. THE Baltimore £ Ohio Railroad is mak­ ing arrangements to establish a line of steamers between Fairport, Ohio, and Du- luth... .The vault in the court house at Lac-qui-parle, Minnesota, was battered down, and the county records and treas­ urer's 3afe removed to Madison, which at the recent election was voted the county seat... ."Jim Cummings" has written an­ other letter. This time it is from Topeka, Kas., and is an effort to prove that Express Messenger Fotheringham could not possibly have indited the previous epistleB. He also endeavors to establish the messenger's in­ nocence. .. .An immense audience assem­ bled at Metropolitan Hall, San Francisco, to express indignation at the murder of little Mamie Kelly, the school girl who was shot down by Alexander Golden- son. Several fiery speeches were made which created intense excitement. After the meeting adjourned the excited crowd left the building and proceeded to the County Jail with the evident intention of taking him out and lynching him. As it passed along the street the crowd was greatly increased, and by the time it reached the jail it numbered fully ten thousand. Several attempts were made to storm the jail, but it was guarded so strongly by the police that the mob was repelled at each attempt. WILLIAM S. WILSON was hanged at Jonesboro, 111., on Friday, the 12th inst. He made a speech from the scaffold, in which he quoted "husbands be true to your wives; wives be true to your husbands," and asking the people to be charitable to his seven children. Wilson's crime was committed on Jan. 7 near Jonesboro. He came -home after a protracted absence to the wife who had been the victim of his neglect and abuse for twenty years, and in a quarrel drew a revolver and shot and al­ most instantly killed her. His defense was insanity. After his conviction he was baptized into the Methodist Church. Wil- soa had served in the One Hundred and Twentieth Illinois Regiment, and, although a deserter, he received a pension... .Albert G. Boynton, who shot and killed his wife and J. B. Kipp on Sept. 17, was hanged at Los Angeles, Cal. Boynton pursued his wife to Kipp's house, where she had fled to escape n beating, and shot her, and then shot Kipp for attempting to defe nd her. FRANCIS A. HOFFMAN, Assistant Cor­ poration Counsel of Chicago, has been ap­ pointed Appraiser of the Port, and Chas. W. Irish, of Iowa City, Surveyor General of Nevada. The following appointments have also been made by the Presi­ dent: United States Attornev for the Southern District of Ohio, William D. Burnett, of Cincinnati; United States Consul at Clifton, Canada, Amos A. Brown, of New York; United States Consul at Asuncion, Samuel A. Walton, of Kentucky; Commissioner to examine a section of the Oregon and California Kailroad, William H. Bowman, of Rochester, N. Y., vice Gideon Tucker, declined; Agent for the Unitah and Ouray Indians in Utah, Timo­ thy A. Byrnes, of Atlantic City, N. J. THERE were 231 failures in the United Sta^s and Canada during the week, as compared with 186 the week preceding.... The steamer Northerner, lime laden, grounded at Kelley's Island, Ohio, then took fire, and burned to the water's edge. Vessel and cargo are a total loss. THE Kiralfy Brothers* famous spectacu­ lar play, "Around the Woild in Eighty Days," occupies the boards of McVicker's Theater, Chicago, this week. Among the incidental features are two ballets, led bv Mdlle. Clara Qualitz, M. Arnold, and Mdlle. Clara Neuman. "The Mikado" bal­ let, the trick elephant, and other old friends are retained. MUCH alarm exists in Madrid in conse­ quence of reports of a threatened outbreak against the Government. Extensive mili- A ris- at Cadiz 700 soldiers refused to embark for Cuba. ... .The King of Denmark, on behalf of his son, Prince Waldemar, has sent a tele­ gram to Tirnova expressing thanks for the honor conferred upon his son, but declin­ ing, upon any condition, to allow him to accept th9 throne.... Father Grisar, of Innspruck University, will write a history of Rome. The Pope has placed all the literary treasures of the Vatican library at his disposal THE MARKETS. NEW YORK. BRBVM HOGS WHEAT--No. 1 White No. 2 Red COBK--No. 2 OATS -White PORK--New Meas • CHICAGO. BXEVBS--Cboioe to Prime Steers Good Shipping Common HOG*--Shipping Grades FLOTJB--Extra Spring «... WHEAT-NO. •£ Had CORN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 BCTTER--Choice Creamery... Fine Dairy CHEBBE--Full Cream,Cheddar.. _ Fall Cream, new Boos--Fresh POTATOES--Choice, per bu POBK--Meaa „ MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--Cash. CORN--No. 2. OATS--No. 2 RYE--No. 1. PORK--Mesa.. tary preparations are being made, ing is feared in Catalonia, and : .84 JJov. 6 shows that of the $305,581,250 bonds issued $52,250 was redeemed in , WBMeavins object to call $305,529,000, j bay.., .Capt. Nabokoff, the Russian who 2 cal1" Iled <h« recent revolt at ii -u, addition to this un- has been sentenced to *£T\^t^redZ?' °L$2f7°'050jJfce Bulgarian hJbranje, at l so" s^Biion in Tirnova, after fbat there now remains subiect ' • ~ iaeall but $64,137,350. There are now | gWtetonding $21,082,950 of called 3's, of rhich bonds $11,370,600 have matured but Inva not been pmaentad for redemption. | i»ri». Babaeanantlv. in open session, M. Bourgas, death. a secret a debate which lasted three hours, decided to elect Prince Waldemar, the third son of the Kins of Denmark, as successor to Prince Alexander on the throne of Bui iu«,urea out j Prince Alexander on th redemption, j garia. Subsequently, in i & 9.50 SHOT LIKE DOea Thr Tragic Death of Three Brave Officers in Honduras* fNew Orle&ni specinl.V The Times-Democrat publishes an ac­ count by an eye-witness of the execution of Gen. E. Del^ado, Lieut. Col. Indalecio Garcia, Commander Miguel Cortez, and Lieut. Gabriel Loyan, who were shot at Comayagua for leading an expedition against Honduras. The lour officers above nmiiod were lodged in a small prison at Comava^ua when the news of their sen­ tence renchtd them. Gen. Delgado's wife was there to plead with a wife's tears and a woman's devotion for hnr husband's life. It was the desire of President Bogran to spare Gen. Delgado's lite if possible, and any pretext would have been readily seized upon to give an opportunity of saving him and at the name time vindicate the tribunal which had condemned him. The President sent a messenger to him to say that if he would piomise never again to take up arms against Honduras he should receive a pardon. The soldier was too brave to accept even his life on these terms, and he sent back word that he would see Honduras in au even more trop- Jical climate than she now enjoyed before ,he would accept his pardon on suoh a 'pledge. When his answer was received, there was nothiug left but to prepare for the execution. In the countries south of this there are few preliminaries to such not uncommon events. A priest, a firing squad, and a cof­ fin are soon obtained. On the morning of their execution the men were taken to a point near the church of Comayagua. Four coffins were placed near the wall and the four condemned men were led to them. They accepted their positions as easily and as gracefully as if they were in the boxes at the opera, and not a face was blanched, not a nerve quivered. Gen. Del- gado asked and received permission to order the guard to fire, which he did, first requesting them not to shoot him in the face but in the breast. There was no rat­ tle, no spattering reports, but one sharp, stunning report. The four men for half a second remained in an upright position, as if still unhurt, and then rolled over limp and bloody, dead. The soldiers had com­ plied with Gen. Delgado's request, for three balls had penetrated his breast. HENRY GEORGEL Hit Admirers Announce They Bail Him Tor President. Will Hemy George, the Workingmen's candi­ date for Mayor of New York Ci'y, polled nearly 70,000 votes, or within 23,000 of the number cast for Abram S. Hewitt, the suc­ cessful Democratic candidate, and nearly 8,000 more than were polled by Roose­ velt, the Republican candidate. George's friends are enthusiastic over this large following in the metropolis, and announce their intention of running him for President in 1888. A recent dispatch from fffcwiTbrk says: "Henry George, the de­ feated labor candidate for Mayor, was given a large reception at Cooper Union. James Repath and John Swinton occupied seats on the platform. Resolutions were adopted calling on the district organizations to con­ tinue their work, throw open their doors to new members, and prepare by organization and education for future contests. The Central Labor Union is called upon to issue an address to organizations in other cities, asking their co-operation by similar movements that a national party might be formed. Henry George made an address, in which he predicted that the movement inaugurated here would spread through­ out the country." BENJ. FOLSOJL The New Consul at ,Sheffield, Eng. Benj. Folsom, recently appointed Consul at Sheffield, England, is a first cousin of Mrs. President Cleveland. He accompa­ nied that lady on her travels through £u- S*4»#e.K> 4.25 & 4.75 & .85 & .84 & .45H & .40 ©11.00 .26!* rope last year, and figured at the wedding in the White House as the only male rep resentative of the bride's family. Mr. Fol som is a citizen of Buffalo, and has always been a Democrat. mmm KANSAS HORffON. TOLEDO. DisTaorr. WHEAT--NO. S.., COKN--Cash..-"' OATS--NO. 2 BEEF CATFLB. HOGS WHEAT--Michigan Red COBN--No. 2 OATB--NO. 2 White. ST. LOUIB. WHEAT-NO. X CORN--Mixed OATS--Mixed PORK--New lfeas „T „ CINCINNATI. WHEAT--No. 2 Red. .. CORN--No. 2 /...A.. OATS--N«t, '2 L..7... PORK--Mesa......... LIVK HOOS I BUFFALO. WHEAT--No. 1 Hard COBK--No. 2 Teilow Cattle* INDIANAPOLIS. BEET CATTLE Hooa SHKKP WHEAT--No. 8 Bed. COBM--No. L OATS KA8T LIBERTY. CATTIX--Best. Pair Common 4.00 3.25 3.50 .76 .37 Ttw Awftil Crime of Samuel Purple, and Its Swift Pun- f ̂ irfunent h f , < «!t • Us Murders His Wife and Cft&d, iw Whioh He Is Lynched by His Beighbow. - -i • ' * '3£iined (Kan.) telegram.1 Intelligence has been received here from Hodgeman County of a crime which rivals in inhumanity and brutality the butchery of his family by Willie Sells, tbe boy mur­ derer. The scene of the tragedy is near Marine, in. the extreme south corner of Hodgeman County. About seven years ago a beautiful young lady named Lowber fell desperately in love with Samuel Purple, a man whose reputa­ tion for sobriety and mildness of nature was not by any means enviable. Against the wishes of all to whom the young lady was in any way connected, they were married and settled down near Marine. They never lived happily together, and Purple's vicious- ness culminated Friday morning last in the murder of part of his family and in his own death at the hands of an enraged mob three days later. At the time of the murder his family consisted of Beven persons--himself, his wife, his wife's sister, and four little chil­ dren, the youngest of whom was only three weeks old. Friday morning his wife arose as usual and prepared breakfast. She then went to awaken her husband, which so en­ raged him as to incite him to the heinous crime which soon followed. He sprang violently from his bed, and, seizing his revolver, shot his wife through the body, from which wonnd she died at once. The new-born babe was next fired at, with the same result. He next shot and killed another one of hiB children. His sister-in-law, Miss Lowber, was then selected and fired at, the ball passing through the arm and lodging somewhere in the shoulder. As this emptied his revolver, he proceeded to load his shot­ gun in oider to complete the work. A slight mistake in this was the only thing that stopped the deadly proceedings. The powder was poured into one barrel, and, by error, the snot into the other. With t.hi« he endeavored to blow off the head of an­ other child, but as there was nothing ex­ cept powder in the barrel the child's face Was Only severely burned by the explosion. A heavy blanket was seized and wound around the suffering child and this securely wrapped with a heavy wire, in the hope that he might accomplish by suffocation what he had failed in doing by the use of the shotgun. The child will recover, al­ though fearfully disfigured about the face. The murderer then mounted a horse and started across the field to Marine, with the avowed purpose of murdering his wife's father and mother. Before he could ac­ complish this, however, the wounded young lady had made her way to the vil­ lage and notified the inhabitants of what had happened, and they had congregated for resistance. Seeing that his plan was frustrated, the murderer hastened to Jet- more and surrendered himself to the au­ thorities, where he was placed in jail, sur­ rounded by a heavy guard. That night a mob of about one hundred men went quietly to the jail and demanded the prisoner, who was delivered up with little ceremony. He was then taken baok to the scene of his crime and hanged to a tree. Only one member of the family es- oaped serious injury, and that was the murderer's little boy, who had hid under ]iis bed when he heard his father coniipg. INTEREST IN ADVAJiCtfc The United States Treasury Offering to Prepay Interest on Bonds Without Re­ bate. [Washington dispatch.] The Secretary of the Treasury has issued the following ̂ irctalar in regard to prepay­ ment of interest on the public debt: "By Virtue of the authority conferred by law upon the Secretary of the Treasury, notice is hereby given that the interest due December 1, 1886, on United States coupon bonds of the funded loan of 1891 will be paid without rebate on the presentation of 4he proper coupons at the Treasury in Washington, D. and at the various sub- treasuries. The checks for registered in­ terest of that loan will be forwarded to holders as soon as prepared, and may be presented for payment without rebate on or about the ,20th inst. Coupons of the 4-per-cent. consols of 1907, falling due January 1, 1887, will be paid on presenta­ tion before maturity upon a rebate of inter­ est at the rate of 3 per cent, per annum. The interest on registered stock of that loan will also be paid on and after Dec. 1, lfc>8(>, upon receipt from the Treasurer of the Uni ed States of application, accompanied by power of attorney authorizing that .officer to collect4he interest for the quarter ending Dec. 31,1886, and to retain the pro­ portionate amount of rebate, remitting bal­ ance to applicant." Treasurer Jordan said to a reporter that the effect of the offer to prepay in­ terest on the public debt would be to dis­ tribute almost immediately about $10,000,- *(H;0 among about two thousand banks and individuals in every section of the country, and would, in his opinion, be of great ad­ vantage in the moving of crops and in other branches of business. The Secre­ tary's action, said he, was entirely for the benefit of business interests. BED TAPE. &9.7S 4.89 Statistics as Id Shad. The following interesting summary of the propagation and distribution of shad during 1886 is from a forthcoming bulletin of the United States Fish Commission: The total distribution of shad for the season of 1886 aggregates over 1)0,000,000. As the entire number of shad taken for market is something less than 6,000,000, it will be seen that for every shad taken from the waters this season for market fifteen young shad have been artificially hatched and returned. The entire cost of pro­ duction and distribution has been less than $20,000, and therefore the young fish have been produced and distributed over the entire United States at tbe cost of about $215 for 1,000,000, or forty-six young fish for each cent of expenditure. The following is a* summary of the shad distributed during the season of 1886, ar­ ranged by river basins: Tribul iries of Narragansett Bay, 2*534,- 000; tributaries of Long Island Bound, 740,000; Hudson River, 2,312,000; Dela­ ware River, 21,618,000; tributaries of Ches­ apeake Bay, 52,560,0(i0; tributaries of Al­ bemarle Sound, 1,000,QUO; streams draining into the South Atlantic, 4,183,000; Missis­ sippi River and minor tributaries of the Gulf of Mexico, 4,758,000; Colorado Riv­ er, Gulf of California, 850,000; Columbia Biver basin, 850,000; total, 92,404,000. The Ridiculous Extent to Which It Is Car­ ried In Washington. [Washington special.] There has just been an Illustration in the Treasury Department here of the ex­ tent to which red tape may be carried. A clerk in the Supervising Architect's office received word that his wife was dying. To get excused during office hours he had to go through the usual formula, and by the time his application for temporary leave had received the indorsement ot' tlie divi­ sion chicf, through whose hands it must pass, the hope of seeing his wife alive had been destroyed. The clerk reached ber bedside a minute too late. A depart­ ment official was asked whether, if the clerk had broken the rules and left the in­ stant the news was received, common hu­ manity would not have been excuse enough. The reply was that it would, but that be­ fore the* reason for the infraction of the rules could be brought to the proper of­ ficials the clerk's departure without leave would have been reported and his place filled from the crush of applicants. He would probably have got reinstated when all the facts were known, but it would have taken some months. But some of the man's fellow-clerks say he never would have gotten back. Sayings and Doings. "THE darky's hour is just before day," •Sambo remarked when he started out from his "Ole Kentucky Home" to find a chicken for breakfast. AUNT DINAH--Uncle Pete, what did dey do wid dat nigger, Toothpick Ben, in de p'lice co't dis mo'n'n? Unole P> te--De Judge sed he would exonerate him dis time. Aunt Dinah--Yes, I s'pected dat; but fur how many days? HI BAT, Jim, dey tell me dere is a n down East dat is so industrious dat he works twenty-five hours in a day." "How is dat, Cuffy? Dere are only twenty-four hours in a day." "Why, he gets up anhour before daylight, you stupid nigger." THIS no'ice is found posted up in a negro blacksmith's shop: "Notis.--De copartner­ ship heretofore resisting betwixt me and Mono Skinner is hereby resolved. Dem what owe de Arm. will settle wid me, and I dem whkt de firm owe will settle wid Mose." LA. .. IJA..J-ll TBE LABOR W0MJ). New* and Notes of Interest te Employers and Em- '^4^ •" r" association responsible tor its advice as to what boiler to buy. This association is re- Xolirity in the Eastern Mills -- Lively- Building Boom--Industrial and Labor Notes $be gfrwtt activity In btrtf&eM carries during the past sixty days has stimulated manufacturing and building enterprise in nearly every State in the Union. The greatest activity is in the New England and Middle States. Laige mills are to be built at Fall Biver, one with 20,000 spindles. One will cost $500,000, and run 40,000 spindles. Textile mills are to be erected at Lunenburg, Mass., at Danby, Vt., at Olneyville. R. I., at West Paterson, N. J., and at several placed in the South. New machinery iB going into over half of the manufacturing establishments of these States. In fact, such active preparations for an increasing output were never before known. In consequence there is an in­ creasing demand for improved engines, boilers, and machinery, besides electric- light appliances of every make in the mar­ ket. Electricity is being generally adopted in factories and large shops. A discussion has been started over the relative merits of water-power and steam- power. The water-power advocates figure out that steam-power, even in quantities-- 600 to 600 horse-power--cannot be created or maintained at a cost of less than $50 per horse-power per annum, while water- power will not ordinarily cost half that much. It is agreed that there are hun­ dreds of places in the United States where valuable water-power can be conveniently utilized at little cost and confer important economic advantages on those who seek this but little used source of power. The makers of wood-working machinery have been encouraged during the past month by a large influx of orders for the latest improved machines for ordinary mill work because of the large amount of work they turn out at less cost than older ma­ chines. Several accidents have recently happen­ ed from the falling of elevators witnout safety appliances. The competition is very close between builders. The British boiler users have a system established by which they may consult an resp< to bi sponsible for accidents. An English mechanic has found a new steel, or rather a new process for making a better quality of steel than is in nse at present. It is good when great toughness is required. The Fall River spinners, when they de­ manded higher wages the other day^ were told that the mill had been operated for a year or more past at no profit. Then they asked why so many new mills were to be built. Two large New England worsted mills are using a newly invented German cord, but it is to be materially improved, and the foreign patent will then be purchased. Manufacturers are watching these expert-. ments with a keen eye, as textile margins are extremely light. Several reading-rooms are in successful operation in New England mills. Southern textile manufacturers are en­ ticing managers of Northern mills into the South by offering them large salaries. The New York plumbers cannot start their contemplated co-operative shops be­ cause the manufacturers and dealers in plumbers' materials are organized and will not sell to them. There are inquiries in English markets, so a recent English letter states, for 100,000 tons of steel rails from the United States and the colonies. All branches of the iron trade are improving, and in consequence the mill-workers and miners are already iusdlon of thrf question of ment is made that Ameri­ can buyers have inquiries in English makers' hands for 50,000 tons of blooms and billets. American plate-glass makers have so greatly improved the quality and decreased the price of their products that they have orders on hand for delivery six to twelve monthb ahead. Two glass-houses were destroyed by fire last week. Steel ties are to be made at Chattanooga, Tenn., for Southern roads. A Belgium firm has just ordered 1,200 feet of belting at St. Louis. The Waterbury Watch Company is turn­ ing out over 1,000 watches per day. The production of the very finest makes of steel has led to the perfection of pro­ cesses in the use of fuel at Springfield, Mass. A finer grade of gun metal is made by flame produced by gasoline. The boot and shoe manufacturers of the New England States are in many cases in­ creasing their shop-room capacity. Shoe factor.es are sprin ing up in the West. Factory capacity will be kept busy all win­ ter. Prices are improving. Twelve thousand copies of Andrew Car­ negie's book, "Triumphant Democracy," have been sold among the workingmen of Great Britain. Great Britain can produce 2,200 locomo­ tives a year; Germany, 2,000; France, 1,000; Belgium, 500; Switzerland, 120; Italy, 70; in all Europej 6,400. The Bald­ wins can turn out 600 a year. The lumber workmen in the North, West and South will agitate next spring for higher pay and will endeavor to fix a scale. Furniture manufacturers throughout the West complain of the inroads of Eastern workmen who do not care so much for wages as for work. The Knights of Labor In the West are calling for more lecturers, more books, more good instructive pamphlets. Their speakers are everywhere listened to with deep attention^ Madame Fursch-Madl. Below we present a life-like portrait of the new and famous dramatic soprano and directress of the National Conservatory, Madame Fursch-Madi, who is announced to appear in the second season of American grand opera, and will make a tour of the oountry under the of Messrs. Zimmerman CLEVELAND III BOSTON, i Tke President Attends Eimrfi and FUtiettt -t{ J -Vj Anniversary. A Banquet at Which Twelve Hundre* .J^stsAre 8eated-The P»«ir dent's AddresSi > ***' President Cleveland, accompanied bjr Secretaries Bayard, Endioott, Whitney, and Lamar, received an enthusiastic welv. come at Boston on the 8th inst. They parw-' ticipated in celebrating tbe 250th anniver» sary of the founding of Harvard College ̂ where thirty-five hundred graduates half assembled. The exercises were held in Sanders' Theater, Cambridge, where Jameifc Eussell Lowell delivered a classic address ̂ and Oliver Wendell Holmes read a poeirt.^ Subsequently 1,200 guests seated themft selves at the banquet tables in Memorisit Hall. At the close of the banquet Presk' dent Cleveland was introduced, andBpob*.. as follows: "(i1 • MR. PRESIDENT AJTD GESTLKMM--I <TAD_my~ self to-day in a company to which I am mtSh, . unused, and when I realize alumni of the oldest college in the land surrounding, in their right at son ship, the maternal board to which I am biijb an invited guest, the reflection that for mo then exists no alma mater gives rise to a feeling off regret, which is kindly tempered only by tho cordiality of your yrelcome and your reassuring • kindness. If the fact is recalled that only twelve of my twenty-one predecessors in offiao had the advantage of a collegiate or university . education, a proof is presented of the dem®- r crutic sense of onr people rather than an argil- • ment against the supremo value of tho best most liberal education in high public position*. ' There certainly can be no sufficient reason fdr any space or distance between the walks ot tl* most classical education and the way that lead* to a political place. Any disinclination on the part of the motfc learned and cultured of our citizens to uiingtp> in public affairs, and consequent abandonment of political activity to those who have but littlo regard for student and scholar in politics, ar» not favorable conditions under a government such as ours, and if they have existed to a dam­ aging extent very recent events appear to lndl» cate that the education and conservatism of th* land are to be hereafter more plainly heard i» the expression of popular will, feurely tho- splendid destiny which awaits a patriotic effort in behalf of our country will be sooner reached if the best of our thinkers and educated mea shall deem " ~ S*i : :M W thought and learning shall be wigingly unwillingly acknowledged In party manage­ ment ^ If I am to speak of the President of the Unit» ed States, I desire to mention as tho most pleas­ ant and characteristic feature of our system at fovernment the nearness of the people to their* 'resident aud other high officials. A close view afforded our citizen a of the acts and conduct 4C those to whom they have intrusted their inter­ ests serves as a regulator and check upon tem» tation and pressure in office, and is a constant reminder that diligence and faithfulness arw the measure of public duty, and such a relation between President and people ought to leav» but little room in popular judgment and coifc.„ science for unjust and false accusations and for malieious slanders invented for tho- purpose of undermining tbe peer pie's trust and confidence in the adi> ministration of their Government. No public officer should desire to check tho utmost free* dom of criticism as to all official acts, but evert"" right-thinking man must concede that th» President of the United States should not bar put beyond the protection which American loyO of fair play and decency accords to every American citizen. > This trait of our national character would not encourage, if their extent and tendency went fully appreciated, the silly, mean, and cowardly lies that every day are found in the columns Of certain newspapers which violate every instinot of American manliness, and in ghoulish gleo desecrate every sacred relation of private lifsl There is nothing in the highest office that t,h# ,t American people can confer which necessaril# ' makes their President altogether selfish, ; 3- scheming, and untrustworthy. On the cofy* ? trary, the solemn duties which confront-- him tend to a sober sense of response bility; the trust of the American people and alt appreciation of their mission among the nations of the earth should make him a patriotio sou, . •* H and the tales of distress which reach him from the humble and lowly and needy and afflicted in every corner ot the land can not fail to quicken within him every kind impulse and tender sensibility. After all it comes to thii» / - The people of the United States have one and all a sacred mission to perform, and your Presi­ dent not more surely than every other citizen who loves his country must assume part of tbs responsibility of the demonstration to the world of the success of popular government. No man can hide bis talent in a napkin and escape thp condemnation which his slothfulness deserveip nor evade tbe stern sentence which his faith- • lean ess invites. • - Be assured, my friends, that the privileges this day, so full of improvement, and the enjoy* ments of this hour, so full of pleasure and cheerful encouragements, will never be for­ gotten ; and, in parting with you now, let mj(t express my earnest hope that Harvard's alumni may always hon r the venerable institution which has honored them, and that no man who forgets and noglects his duty to American citi*. , zenship will find his alma mater here. ' A public reception was subsequently dered to the President in Faneuil which was packed with people. For all hour they were given an opportunity shake hands with the Chief Magistrate, When the doors were finally closed thens . were almost as many more people waiting for their chance. The President then pro* . . ceeded to the Hotel Vendome. Mrs. Cleve­ land held a private reception at the homfc of President Eliot in Cambridge. In the evening President and Mrs. Cleveland hel|t a reception in (he parlors of the VendomQ» It is estimated that 8,000 people greeted them. Mrs. Cleveland's praises were upo| all lips. About midnight the President' _ party lettfor Washington in a special train* management and Nixon. it ^ ^ A Madnme Fursch-Madi has ap'. fore the public of the large cities of this country several times, at the popular sing­ ing festivals, where she has assumed lead­ ing roles. She was born in Bavonne, on the Spanish frontier of France, her family being of Alsatian origin, and she thus com­ bines the Fr nch animation with the Ger­ man musical talent. Her success has been phenomenal, both in Europe and this conn- try, and another brilliant, season is pated. " HgNRY SMITl^ The New Congressman from Sfllwmukesb? Henry Smith, the candidate of th|> * People's nr Laboring Men's party, whfi; was elected Congress^*, man to succeed Isaa|'; Tan Schaick in th§ Fourth Wisflonsifi District, is forty-eight years of age. He is millwright by profess*? sion, and was bdr|-; July 22, 1838, in Baltic more. He is not a soi- jialist, but is generalit y classed with them, own ­ ing to his broad-gaug^. way of expressing him* self. He has been Alderman, on and off, for a period of eig Jrears. In 1882 he was elected Comptrol er of Milwaukee. He has also serred i% the Legislature. RATIONAL BANK CIRCULATION. Hi* Probable Contraction Due to the Sur­ render of Tliree Per Cent. Honda. [Washington telegram,] Since Aug. 12, when the first oall V made, tbe national banks have withdraw ̂ from deposit and presented for redemption nearly $40,000,000 thres per cents. Agaius| this there have been only about $8,fl00,00| ; of other bonds deposited, so that the tots|< *c> bonds on deposit to secure national banlt circulation have been reduced by about $31 ,000,000, which contracts ths circula­ tion by about $28,000,000. If these pro- portions are preserved throughout ther# may be a further contraction of about** $68,000,000 by the time all these bonds ara withdrawn. It is said at the Treasury that this con» traction in the volume of national bank cir­ culation will not be felt in the channels of trade, because national bank notes with% d awn from circulation will be replaced by disbursements from the Treasury, and i|f^ addition, the banks that surrender bondf aud reduce their circulation receive money for 10 per cent of the bonds redeemed anj 5 per cent of the circulation surrendered^ ; making 14Jj per cent, upon the face of thi bond*. On Aug. 12 the t <tal amount of 9 - per cent, bonds held by the banks as a basis for circulation was a little mor« thafc $103,100,000, so that when these bonds arfl^ all paid their payment will put into circula* tiou $14,500,000 more than the amount op currency then outstanding on these bendfli, .A*. lAi I ^ « : >... >. • . v. ̂ V' Z- .

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