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l.«M*LTKt. mm>n ' >i ' MuJMKMMbV' r UPta* ILMNOia ill I' , I II' HEWS <nk£ EAST. A. BTORT comes from New York to the WMC lint the death of Eliza Weathersby, the wife of Nat Goodwin, was the result of ' the tlaetors' blunder, the allegation being <h«i fbej killed her by an unnecessary operation. The case will probably be de­ veloped in the aivil courts, Mr. Goodwin having refused to pay the doctor*' bills.... Twenty persons were injured by the ex­ plosion of a rotary rag-boiler in a paoer- mill at Paterson, N. J. One is dead or dying, and seven others are very seriously harfc> In Allegheny City, Pa., a grooery honae was destroyed by fire and two men were suffocated in the burning building, and two ethers were fatally injured by jumping Horn wifldows. A COLLAPSE of pillars in a colliery at Ashland, Pa., resulted in a fall of coal, ac­ companied by a volume of gas. Five men and six mules were suffocated... .The Bol­ ton Dyeing, Printing and Bleaching Com­ pany's mills, at Broxdale, near New York City, were damaged by explos ona and by fire to the extent of $130,000. A LAD named Defreitus, who recently leaped from the Brooklyn bridge, was Kent to pri son for three months. THE W •,31. w- tii^Pr Mayor of Chicago the withholding of licenses from nearly 160 aaloons already black-listed by the police. ....The Huron Stamp-mills, at Hancock, Mich., valued at $75,IKK), were burned Judge Tuley, of Chicago, overruled the motion of counsel for the County Board "boodle™" for a change of venue, and they will be tried in that county... .Physicians aft JcflEenon City, Mo., are taking care of Judge John W. Henry and State Auditor Walker, who had a bloody light on the street. The Judge was shot in the right arm and breast A mob of two hundred masked men over­ powered the guards at the Paulding Coun­ ty (Ohio) lescrvoir of the Wabash and Erie Canal, and blew up the banks, * sat­ urated the locks and timbers with oil, and burned them. The Governor ordered a company of militia to the scene.... A train oonveying. President M. A. Low, of the Bock Island, General Manager Fisher, Judge Severy, of the Iowa Supreme Gout, Lieutenant Governor Kiddle, Slate Auditor McCarthy, and Secre­ tary Of State Allen, of Kansas, plunged dawn an embankment between St. Joe and Topaka. All were bailly injured.... Chicago's great gas deal, by which all the gaa companies of the city are to be brought wilder one management, has been brought to completion. The consolidation takes the form of a gas trust company, which is to have a capital stock of about $25,000,- 000, and guarantee the securities of all the existing companies. The companies ab­ sorbed by this deal and fathered by the Gas Trust are the People's Gaslight A Ooke Company, Chicago Gaslight «fe Coke Company, Equitable Gaslight & Fuel Coxn- nay> Consumers' Gas Company, Hyde Park Gaa' Company, and the Lake Gas Oompany. The combined liabilities of these companies, excluding capital stock, an about $10,000,000. • SOTJTHEBN Pacific train was stopped near Tucson, Arizona Territory, by a band of men, who had obstructed the track and exposed a red signal. The mail and ex­ press agents refusing to abandon their can, it was decided to blow them up with dynamite, the engineer of the train being directed to apply the fuse. The aaaraengoitr, fearing death, surrendered, and the mail and express cars were taken some distance from the remainder of the train and plundered. Not more than $5,000 in money and stamps was se­ cured. The paaaengers knew nothing of the affair at the time, and were not molest­ ed by the bandits Dr. W. T. Northrop, an advocate of local option, was waylaid at Haverhill, Ohio, by Thomas and Alfred McCoy, and the two sons of the latter, and murdered. Thomas McCoy is a Fa- loon-keeper. The asBass ns have bean •mated, and lynching is threatened. THE SOUTH. ~' "A MONUMENT to the memory of Jolpt C. Calhoun was unveiled at Charleston by thirty-two young ladies. There was an im­ posing military and civic procession. Secretary Lamar was the orator of the day... . At Longview, Texas, Caleb Foster, • negro, went cracy and dashed his three- year-old child's brains out against a tree. He then ran into the woods with the dead body, where he was captured. When found he was rending the child's body with his teeth i spitting flash on to the ground, and all the time jabbering to himself. Three days afterward he regained Ms reason and aaked tot his ch'ld. A strict investigation showed conclusively that he retained no remembrance of the awful tragedy in which hefcad been the chief actor. ^ -s." WASMK.^UTOlf, . intending to convert the money to h>s own u*e apd profit. By a. unanimous vote they fattid himguitty of making a list of the members, with figures showing the amount to be paid te*Mh for Securing the passage of the Saginaw charter bill, and by a unanimous votehe waa. expelled. liiMfgnBitiwrEg. HARMON'S ootton mill at Cohoes, N. Y., has shut down, throwing 600 men out of employment, on account of their interfer­ ence in the management of the mill.... The card rate has been reduced by the Pittsburgh nail manufacturers from $2.70 to $2.25, lowering wages about 5 per cinL THE tin-plate and sheet-iron workers of the United States met in convention at Philadelphia on Tuesday, and formed a na­ tional organization. THE labor world ia excited over a decla­ ration by the executive of the Knights of Labor of a virtual boycott against nearly eight hundred labor journals not in accord with the Powderly administration. But twenty-two papers are recommended in a reccnt issue of the Journal of United Labor, the official organ of the Knights. THE Attorney General has been instruct* . ad to oommence suits against parties in various sections of the country charged with unlawfully removing timber from the public domain... .The work of commencing the gathering of statistics about marriage and divorce, ordered by Congress, has been entered upon. IK the case of the Chickasaw Nation against the United States, in which the In­ dians claimed over $600,000, with interest, reason of alleged improper disburse­ ment of their funds held in trust by the Government, the Court of Claims has decided that the Indians should have c r e d i t o n t h e i r a c c o u n t s f o r $ 2 4 0 , 1 < J 8 . , . . The details of the internal revenue collec­ tions for the first nine months of the fiscal year are of considerable interest. As com­ pared with the corresponding nine months n the previous fiscal year, the decrease in collections from grain spirits was no less than $3,696,622; the decrease from fruit •pint# waa $179,'J03, and the decrease from special taxes on retail liquor-dealers was #3.927,736. On the other hand, the increased collections from beer and ale at $1 a barrel were $1,520,502. The tobacco taxes showed a Substantial increase. The gain on cigars and cheroots was $591,464, on cigarettes $115,0t3, on manufactured tobacco $371,- 860, and the net gain on all classes of to­ bacco taws was $1,306,275. In spite of this substantial gain and the fact that since Nov. 1 oleomargarine has paid $481,216, the decreased revenue from whisky was so much greater than the increased revenue from beer that the total internal revenue receipts were lees than in the name nine IjMggpR .of. the year before by $ , FOUTriCAl* ' • J,'! ' Ff • • • rnmm--m * " ' IFE. BLAINE, after remaining in Chicago for a week, left last week for his Maine home, where he will remain until he sails for Europe in June. His health is much tmp*0ved sinoe his arrival in Chicago A nil prohibiting the playing of base-ball Ml Sundav was defeated in the Illinois Hense ot Representatives. TacsNew York Senate has passed a bill providing for high license throughout the State. It was framed to meet the objec- ftioos of Governor Hill to the bill recently AFTKX three days of trial and argument by aix counsel, the Michigan House of Biprsamtatives, by a Tote of 83 to 11, faMul lUtA W. p|Vin, f«r>«n 1 •' THE BAIKjWATSJ^^;" 1 --...i If; ' A • v TlriSRE is good authority for state­ ment that the Bock Island Road has de­ cided to extend to Denver in an air-line from Horton, Kas., passing through the county seat of each county in the northern tier of Kansas. THE Pacific Railway Commission, sitting at Washington, has been investigating the workings of the Union and Central Pacific roads during the past week. C.P.Hunt­ ington gave some interesting testimony. Among other things he said that the com­ pany's lawyer in Washington was paid $20,000 a year salary, and was allowed $30,000 to $40,000 "to "explain" the ad­ vantages to the public to be derived from the approval of the Central Pacific schemes in Washington. Charles Francis Adams testified in regard to the management of the Union Pacific Com­ pany for the past three years. He express­ ed the belief, from careful scrutiny, that Jay Gould and Sidney Dillon had always been tnoi e than fair to the company. He reported the taxes annually paid by the road at $1,100,COO. INTERSTATE COMMISSION. THE operation of the fourth section of the interstate commerce law has been sus­ pended for seventy-five dayB on the North­ ern and Southern Pacific, Atchison, and St. Louis and San Francisco roads. A KEMOBIAL was received by the Inter­ state Commerce Commission, sitting at At­ lanta, from business men of Opelika, Ala., showing how railroads discriminated against that town in favor of Colum­ bus and Montgomery. Judge Chis- holm, counsel of the plant system, and Gen. Alexander, of the Georgia Central, made arguments favoring the suspen­ sion of the long-and-short-haul clause. A petition was received from the Wilmington (N. C. ) Chamber of Commerce and Pro­ duce Exchange, strongly urging the en­ forcement of the long and short haul sec- ton. The Commission left for Mobil* on the 28th ult. Secretary Mosely received at Washington a numerously . signed petition from citizens of Califor­ nia, requesting the Commission not to suspend the operation of section 4 of the interstate commerce law, so far as the commerce of the Pacific coast is concern­ ed, until an opportunity be afforded all per­ sons interested to be heard A commu­ nication from the Chamber of Commerce of Taeoma, Washington Territory, was also received, asking that transcontinental lines be exempted from the fourth section. It represents that since the interstate commerce law went into effect the rates between New York, Chicago, and Pacific coast points show an increase of 100 per cent., and in soma classes of goods nearly 200 per cent.,.;. The Sisters of St. Joseph, at St. Louis, have received a letter from Judge Cooley in answer to one requesting that the inter­ state Commission be authorized to give the Sisters reduced rates of fare. The letter says the commission can make no order in this matter, as the railroads are empowered by the law to determine, their own Policy in the matter. \ ^ ^ y ' ' QEI«I:KAL. A StesoiiUTioN against the Irish coer­ cion bill was passed in the Dominion House of Qbmmons... .A banquet was given at Pittsburgh. Pa., Wednesday night, in honor of Gen. Grant's 65th birthday. Many prominent people were present Crop reports received at Toledo from every im­ portant wheat county in the six principal winter-wheat States show that the present prospect of the growing crop is very favor­ able except in Ohio, which averages only fair. Michigan needs rain. Missouri, In­ diana, Illinois, and Kansas report a better protpeet than a year ago. Ail States cept Michigan have had plenty of raip recently, and show material improvement since the April Agricultural Bureau repdtfs were gathered. The acreage is about the same as last year. The best crop promises to be well mnrketed. Michigan reports a quarter of the crop remaining, but Knndas and Missouri have very little of it on hand. MEMBERS of the Canadian Parliament are endeavoring to secure from the govern­ ment. some indication of the policy to be pursued this season by the Americans in Tegard to the Bebring sea seal fisheries. A HTTKEICANE swept over the northeast coast of Australia the 22d of April. The pearl-fishing fleet, numbering 400 boats, was destroyed, and 550 persons perished. ....Daring a gale on the North Atlantic coast, boats in charge of lobster fishers off Tubket Island, New Hampshire, were capsized, and six men perished. Many others had marvelous escapes.... The steamer Benton, of Singapore, was sunk in collision with a bark off the island of Formosa, and 150 persons were drowned. .... The schooner Flying Scud was recently lost off the coa'-t of Alaska, with the owner, Captain, and fourteen native hun ers. FOBElCiX, LEO HABTMANX, the nihilist, has been identified in New York as a soap-peddler. He has been making a poor living for months, under an assumed name, and quite unknown to the police; but he was tempted to make a speech in a recent meeting denunoiatorv of Secretary of . State Bayard for arranging a treaty with Russia to extradite assasins of the Czar and recognition has ensued... .The arrest of Schnaebels on the Franco-German frontier is the sensa­ tion of Europe. Conflicting stories are current relative to Bismarck's alleged au­ thorship of the affair. It is generally be­ lieved that Schnaebels was decoyed to Ger­ man soil, ahd that the German Govern­ ment will back up the action of its police. PRINCE BISMARCK expresses regret that the arrest of Schnaebels, the French Com­ missary, was ordered without consulting the Chancellor The Glasgow Chamber of Commerce has adopted a resolution de­ claring the protective system of other countries injurious to British trade, and asking that England revise her fiscal rela­ tions. The Manchester Chamber affirms its unabated confidence in free trade as the best commercial policy. DB. PABKER, of the City Temple, Lon­ don, has decided not to visit Brooklyn in June to conduct the Beecher memorial services, and will postpone his visit till October.... The Russian Government has prevented the presentation of a sword to General Boulanger, the French War Min­ ister, by Russian admirers, on the ground that it would create erroneous impressions and Wales on the 96th of April. A SATISFACTORY adjustment of the Franco-German difficulty over the arrest of the French Commissary Schnaebels ia deemed probable Customs officers throughout Great Britain and Iralnad have received stringent orders to aeareh all ves­ sels arriving from America, China, and the Eaat, the English Government having been warned that explosives have been sent from San Francisco to ports in the Eaat, to be trahahipped to England. MB. GLADSTONE and wife visited the grounds of the American Exhibition ia London, and witnessed a special perform­ ance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show for their benefit. At a lunch given after­ ward by the managers of the exhibition, Mr. Gladstone, replying to a toast, said the institutions and progress of the United States had been subjects of great interest to him ever since he studied life in Wash­ ington many years ago. He always referred students who desired to study political life to the early history of America, Then, saying that Englishmen and Americans were kinsmen and should have affection for each other, he concluded: "I rejoice that the clouds which once obscured our mutual vision have almost vanished from our political sky, and that the future is bright and promising as the warmest- hearted among us could desire." ADDITIONAL NEWS. BIMRE the Interstate Commerce mission, at Mobile, on the 29th ult, CoL W. Butler Duncan, President; U. S. Depew, Traffic Manager, and Col. Talcott, Vice President of the Mobile <fc Ohio Road, tes­ tified as to the necessity of a suspension of the fourth section of the law in the case of that road. Mr. Depew explain^ that the rates to some intermediate' points be­ tween East St. Louis and Mobile were greater than the full distance because the competition of the Mississippi River boats to New Orleans company ft4* f The Commissioners were informed' that* Mem­ phis controlled the rates at competitive points by her low all-rail route to New \jork. Petitions for a suspension of the fourth section were presented from the coal and lumber interests from Mobile, Hunts- ville, and other towns. Louisiana planters, in convention at New Orleans, declared in favor of the strict enforcement of the law. The Union Pacific Railroad has asked for the suspension of Section 4. THE Merchants and Manufacturers' Ex­ change of Detroit requested the Michigan Central Road to issue thousand-mile tickets to commercial travelers at the old rate of $20, at which price they are now sold by the Grand TrunK. One member suggested the sale of five thousand-mile tickets at $100, which would only be taken by com­ mercial houses. President Ledyard offered to make a test case at the expense of the road, and ascertain if traveling salesmen can be favored. THE estimates of the Cincinnsti Price- Current indicate that the winter hog-pack­ ing of the whole West was slightly larger than that of a year previously, but that the summer packing will show a decrease of some 10 per cent. The work of the eight months ending with next October prom­ ises to reach a total of about 5,000.000 hogs, against 5,644,000 for the correspond­ ing time in 1886. THE Mulattos mine in Mexico has been purchased for £660,000 by an English syn­ dicate. There are 15,000,000 tons of ore in sight, assaying $16 to $26 per ton There was a total of 191 failures in the United States and Canada the last week, against 199 for the preceding week and 207 for the corresponding week last year. JAMES H. MARCTJM waa hanged at Lou­ isa, Ky., for the murder of his cousin, Fisher Marcum. Wlyle on the scaffold he shook hands with those around him, and smiled when the black cap was slipped over his head. A NEW liquor law has been presented hi the Michigan Legislature, its provisions being very stringent. No distinct'on is made in the tax for vending malt or alco­ holic liquors. The tax is fixed at $500, and saloons are required to close at 9 p. m. It is said the bill will probably pass. THE articles presented to General Grant on his tour of the world are now being placed on exhibition at the National Mu­ seum in Washington. The collection of Japanese gold coins is alone valued at $5,000. . MB. LABOXICHEBE has with character- istic courage turned the tables on the Lon­ don Times in the matter of the alleged Parnell letter. In an address to a Lon­ don meeting a few evenings ago he de­ clared that the Times published the Par­ nell letter knowing it to be a forgery, in order to create a sensation, and thus im­ prove its circulation, which has been rapidly falling off. He also charged that the Times management bought the forged let­ ter from a worthless scamp, knowing hiio to be such, and knowing also that he could have no connection with Irish socie­ ties or with Mr. Parnell. At the conclu­ sion of these charges Mr. Labouchere in­ vited the proprietors of the Times to sue him for libel. The invitation will not be accepted. To do so would force the Times to explain how it obtained the now notori­ ous letter, and from whom. DB. G. O. FBASIER, of Kandolph, Ohio, says that a small amount of the oil of cinnamon applied with a straw, or tiny brush, ia the very best remedy for bee stings. It will blister the skin, bnt will destroy the poison. THE MARKETS. 14.75 #1 8.00 5.80 & 0.00 .9V{t'S .95>4 ,93 .93* (9 .51 & .42 (JI 15.25 .49 .88 14.75 5.00 4.80 3.75 5.36 4.S5 .81 .37 @ .96^C« .90 & .18 & .13« ̂ .13*4 .11 .A .75 & 5.50 (A 5.00 E» 4.50 <« 5.75 & 4.50 Wu ~ .38 .27 .23 .20 .14* .14* .11}* .78 90.50 (321.00 .78 & .78^ .884<9 .89* .81 ® .81 >2 .00 & M 15.S5 «15.75 .84 .41* .31 .40*0 .30 NKW YOBK. CATTLX...... HOOB... WHEAT--wo. 1 White No. 2 Bed. CoBtt--No. 2 OATS--White *. POBK--New Mess CHICAGO. CATTL*--Choice to Prime Steers Good Shipping Common Hoos--Shipping Grades FLOUR--Winter Wheat WHEAT--No. 2 Kpriug...... CORN--No. 2 ; OATH.--No. 2 BUTTER--Choice Creamery Fine Dairy CHEESE--Full Cream, Cheddar.. Full Cream, new Eoos--Fresh POTATOES--Choice, per bu POKE--Mess MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--Caah ^ CORN--No. 3 A OATS--No. 2 White BYE--NO. 1 POBK--ME** TOLEDO. WHEAT--No. 2. CORK--No. 9: OATS........ DETROIT. BEEF CACTIA Hoos.. SHEEP..... WHEAT--No. 2.... CORN--No. 2 OATS-White ST. LOUIS. WHEAT--No. 2 COB*--Mixed .• OATS--Mixed PORK--New Mess CINCINNATI. WHEAT--No. 2 Bed CORN--No. 2. OATS--No. 2 PORK--Meat LIVE Hoos BUFFALO. WHEAT--No. 1 Hard CORN--No. 9 Yellow CATTLE INDIANAPOLIS. BEEFCAYTLE ; &75 @5.25 Hoo8...»...NW 5.25 ©5.75 SHEEP ?. r. 8.50 & 4.75 WHEAT--No. 2 Bed. 81 & .81* CORN--VO. 2. .88 0 .88* OATS-Mixed .99 A .80 „ EAST LIBERTY. Beat. 6.00 « 5.25 Fair. 4.50 m 6.09 Comataa 4.95 ® 4.50 5.75 .?FF 8.78 0 4.95 ? .« * f j t t F * • hf 4.25 0 5.03 4.00 G 5.00 4.50 <4 5.75 .83**9 .84 .42 ii .42* J9*0 .33 .81 0 .81* .88 0 .36 .97*« .28 18.25 018.75 .83 0 .83* .41)60 .42 M «» .80* 18.50 <918.00 5.0J it) 6.50 •88*0 .80* .41 0 .45* 4.60 0 8.00 CATTLE- Hoos. Fwuval SerricM of the Into ^vsiBdir Mitchell at Milwaukee, Wis. Ap iBUncnw CoBcoane of Attyadjutfj Jtaft All Portions of th«P ^ . ., Co«»fy. M'twJB7SZ5fWai«i. the largest ever witnessed in Milwaukee. It took place from 8t. James Epiaoopal Church. Before removing the caaket from the house, Rev. Dr. Keene read a prayer in the presence of the family. The scene at the churoh was in accord­ ance with the beantifnl ritual of the Episco­ pal Chureh, of which Mr. Mitchell was a devoted member. About all of the seats in the church were reserved for tbe relatives and friends, for the Governor and Btaif, the State and city officials and delegations of societies, com- meroe and railroad bodies and delegations. Tbe easket was opened, and the remains lay in state until tne hour of the funeral* A constant stream of people had bee* for atkaaisfzoraevaa year* weaa MteMl was tatting about tM weather one day to ft friend, ana smiled lightly at the loss. "But," aaiA lie, "there's my nephew, John Johnston, who ia an expert book-keeper and has charge of the INMIS, and he ean't taU how it hap- Jened. It a a dom'd good joke en John ohnston llsst he couldn't see what was go­ ing on befose bis eyes." The late (Thief Justice B. G. Ryan, of Wisconsin, had something of the toady in his disposition while he was struggling for a livelihood as a needy lawyer. After he became Chief Justice he decided all the eases under the absurd granger laws against the railroads, and tbe St. Paul line suffered severely. The Chief Justice met the rail­ road magnate after the decisions were even. " Why, how well you are looking, r. Mitchell," said the Chief Justice, with an affability that at that period he showed to few men. "Yes," said Mitchell, "I've been getting fot (fat) on your decisions." The sneer cut the great jurist like a knife, and hft walked awav without a word. • - v* • • •-- . tS BASE-BALL. President Youg Addresses t Letter to tfce Official Scorers of the tlonal League. ' i : Attacking; the Eeserre Bule--President , Spalding Unjustly Oenaured--Ifotst of the Game. passing through the ehnrch, and daring the forenoon thousands viewed the remains. Tbe face of the dead man looked life­ like and natural, and there were many sad scenes and incidents during the day as old friends looked at the dead man for the last time. The casket was heavily draped, and on itB lid rested a cross of calla lilies. A special train from Chicago brought hnndreds of people, many of whom conld not get near tbe church. Uuring the ser­ vice the broad avenue was blocked with a dense mass of humanity thQt aad gathered to pay their last respects to the dead mill­ ionaire and citizen. Hundreds of strangers from over the Northwest and from other parts of the country were present. The service was impressively conducted by Rev. Dr. Keene, Mr. Mitchell's old friend and pastor, and Rev. E. G. Rich­ ardson, rector of St. James Church. At its close a vast funeral cortege formed and slowly wended its way to Forest Home. There was no military display, and the long line that followed the remains was made np of railroad and other employes of the big enterprises of which Mr. Mitchell was the head, of old settlers, and of societies in which he had long held membership. As the cortege passed through the Soldiers' Home a guard of 600 old veterans acted as an es­ cort from one gate to the other. At the grave in Forest Home Cemetery the ser­ vice was brief, and was conducted entirely by Dr. Keene, and consisted of the com­ mittal and a prayer. All flags over the city were flying at half ma?t. The stores and shops closed at noon, and dnrug the afternoon business was as entirely sus­ pended as on the Sabbath. Stories of the Dead M!lllon»i«q, i ; [From the Chicago Time*.] •- ..»• J In 1879 the Democratic State Convention at Madison nominated Mitohell for Gov­ ernor while he #As in London. He sent a cable dispatch positively declining the nomination, but omitted his signature, as is customary, to save expense, when the sender of a cablegram is well known. The enthusiastic Democrats would not accept the dispatch as genuine because he had not signed it. "Jim" Jenkins, the Mil­ waukee lawyer, was a delegate in the con­ vention, and defended the genuineness of the dispatch by explain ng the custom as to cable messages. "Cablegrams cost forty cents a word." he said, "and we all know, Mr. Mitchell's economical habits wtiere expense is not necessary. By not signing his name to his dispatch he saved eighty cents." The argument was conclusive to the Democrats of the outlying Milwaukee wards and of the backwoods, and the de­ clination was accepted. Yet in political matters, when he took an interest on one side or the other, Mr. Mitchell was not only generous but lavish of money. He attended a meet ng of the Democratic State Central Committee in 1871, when ex-Senator J. R. Doolittle was the Democratic candidate for Governor. "How much money do you expect to raise?" he asked. He was answered by Sat Clark that they ought* to Lave about $5,000. "Give me the pen," he said, and pulled the Eaper toward him. He signed for $2,500-- alf the amount Baid to be required--and drew his check for the money. It was about all the money that they had for the campaign. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention at St. Louis 1870, where Tilden waa nominated for President. Doolittle, George B. Smith, Joe Rankin, N. D. Fratt, and others were his colleagues. At the close of the convention their several bills were sent to their parlor, the cost of which ($500 for the week) was apportioned among them. Ringing the bell as a clerk appeared Mr. Mitchell said: "Make the hill (be pro- nourced it "bull," with a bur in his pro­ nunciation) for the room out to me. It was done, and he drew his check for the whole amount. His gitys to charity were very numerous, and he even allowed himself occasionally to be bled to a reasonable extent by frands and deadbeats whom he knew to be such. He had some worthy pensioners, generally poor Scotchmen, to whom he gave regular gratuities. In church matters and others of a really deserving character, he usually let the begging committee get all that they could raise from others, and then made up the remainder himself. When Mitchell was worth $100,000 or $200,000, and was regarded as a growing Western banker, he made his first formal visit as a capitalist to tbe East and went on to Wall street. He was immediately se­ lected as their prey by the wolves of the street. He had determined to try his luck a little in stocks and they found out what bis purchase was. They manipulated the stock, working it down, and hung on to it with characteristic tenacity. He was called upon for margins, and kept putting np and putting up. It did not take him long to catch on." and he saw what the sharpers were at. He at once drew and raised enough money to buy at its greatly depressed value every dollar of stock which he had margined for a considerable portion of its price as it then stood. "Take that, dom ye," he said mentally and aloud to the whole of Wall street, as he bade it good-by. Tbe stock rebounded wuh force as the artificial pressure was taken off, and the blacklegs who had been selling it short to "Bkin" him saw it advance alove tbe price at which be had made the original pur­ chase, so that he unloaded at a [ rofit and they were the losers. Onq or two anecdotes that are character­ istic of a grimly humorous side of his dis­ position may be told. Four or five years ago a book-keeper in his bank proved a de­ faulter^ The clerk had a desk near the vault, out of whioh, by some sleight-of- hand, he had stolen money for years and falsified the books so as to cover it. Ex­ actly how it was done could not be ex­ plained, and nobody could tell how muoh cash be had got away with. The sum stolen fraa supposed to be hundreds of thousands , ;/ Atteeklng the Bewrn Rule. ^The unwarranted attacks of certain papers upon President Spalding, of the Chicago Base-Ball Club, regarding the Dale of the releases of players to other clubs has earned the contempt of lovers of fair play, says the Inter Ocean. The reserve rule was the salvation of the professional base-ball clubs that adopted it. The National agreement prd- tects the smallest club in its list, and no matter how good a player tbey may de­ velop, they are protected against the deser­ tion of the player by the offer of a big salary. Bnt for this rule the spirit of rivalry which exists between the profes­ sional hall olubs of the country would re­ sult in the total disintegration of every pro­ fessional team at the end of each season, and the competitive bidding by clubs for ball-player^ services wonld finally result in extravagant salary lists that would bank­ rupt every club that attempted to stand up under it, and effectually kill the sport pro­ fessionally. The Chicagos were the last to sell a release; all the other clubs had sold releases. President Spaldincr said: "The case of McCormick is peculiar. He, with Glasscock, Briody, and another, deserted from the league, and, tempted by offers of increased salaries, they all went into LucaB' club in the Union Association. The Cleveland Club promptly expelled them for their action. The Union Associ­ ation went to pieces, and these deserters found themselves blacklisted and thrown out of employment. At the personal so­ licitation of McCormick (who came to me with tears in his eyes, begging me for God's sake to put him in a way to earn a living), and at tbe request of Mr. Luc«s, I interested myself to secure the reinstatement of the deserters. They were reinstated. McCormick went to the Providence team, and his habits were so against him that the Providence management wanted to re­ lease him to me for $600.- I bought his release, but not until I had a talk with him, in which he said he wanted to come to Chicago, and promised me that we should have nothing to complain of on the score of his habits. Last year his habits were so notorious that we conld not endure them, and hence the discipline against whioh he rebelled. We did it in his inter- eat as well as our own. I submit whether I have not been McCormiok's friend, and whether be has not good ground for being grateful to the management of the Ghioago ' Scoring.' •<• President Young, of the Base-Ball League, has addressed the following letter to the official scorers; To tbe official scorers of the National League: In reviewing tbe new code with a view lo as­ certaining if there are any points to which the attention of tbe official scorers should be drawn, I have come upon the provision credit­ ing a stolen base to a runner where the same is secured through the assistance of a misolay other than a battery error--an overthrow or fumble, for example. The philosophy of this eftdit is perfectly logical. The runner earns a base by making a daring attempt to secure it, and, if successful, even though assisted bv an error, deserves the point. The credits will, of coarse, be included in your official returns of stolen bases. Wo now come, however, to the point which I desire to emphasize. This query has been propounded to me : Suppose a player reaches It rut on a hit, steals second on a fumble of the baseman, aud is batted home, is the run earned? I answer, no. The reason is obvious, but the point should be carefully borne in mind in filling out the earned-run blank in your score Bheets. Earned runs, it should be remembered, are not credited to individuals, nor do they have any particular bearing upon the status of a club in making up tbe average which constitute the monthly and annual rec- ords They are important factors, however, in gauging the effectiveness of a pitcher, and it is in this light alone that they should be regarded. It is then iiiHiiifestly unfair to charge a pitcher with a run earned off hiB delivery when bases secured by field in" errors are essential factors in it. Obviously th ) pitcher can in no way be responsible for a muff by the bosenuti or an overthrow by the catcher. In computing earned runs, therefore, you will scan your scores care­ fully and omit tallies in which the stolen bass assisted by an error is a necessary element. Around tile liases. Murphy, of the Boston team, ia the youngest catcher in the league, being bnt 19 years old. The new rules have the effeet of keeping tbe catcher under the bat the greater part of tbe game. Tbe St. Louis team got $3,500 for its share of the recent games, and the Chica­ gos took $4,000 for their share. The colored league seems to have come to a 6udden halt. The interstate commerce bill made I ail* ay travel too expensive for them. j. Five of the Chicago players are over six feet tall--Pyle, Anson, Darling, Baldwin, and Sullivan. Pyle is G feet 8 inches, be­ ing the tallest mau in the League. The American Association Captains are; St. Louis, Comiskey; Brooklyn, Swart- wood; Louisville, Hecker; Cincinnati, Fen- nelly; Athletic, Stovey; Metropolitan, Orr; Baltimore, Greenwood; Cleveland, Snyder. The Captains of the League teams for 1887 are: Chicago, Anson, Detroit, Han- Ion; New York, Ward; Philadelphia, Ir­ win; Boston, Kelly; Washington, Farrell; Pittsburg, Brown; Indianapolis, Glass­ cock. It might be will to cut this out for reference. The first week of the American Associa­ tion schedule has proved a surprise to the calculators. The Cincinnatis took the lead and the world-beaters were found in the fifth place. The Brooklyns had a clean score in the second place. The Cleveland infants brought up the rear with five straight defeats. The Metropolitans were beaten every game they played. The Ath­ letics managed to win one of the three games they played. The National Daily Base Ball Oazette, of New York, is the first effort ever made to produce a daily pnper exclusively devot­ ed to base-ball. The President* of the company thnt publishes this paper is Erastus Wimnn, the millionaire base-ball enthusiast. The Treasuier is John B. Day, of the New York Club, and the Secretary and managing editor is O. P. Caylor, who for many years was sporting editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer. Tne Gazette is a small sheet, full of base-ball news from all parts of the country. The telegraph is made to play a very important part in the paper. No item of news is considered too small to be wired direct to this enterprising sheet. It haB been made the official bulle­ tin of both the League and Association. WHY do sovereigns make less noiae In the offertory box than copper coins? Beemse ttose we fewer of ttess* It Ii Gommemorated by His Adoairtffe it Pittsburgh and Other Hides. JI"* !**1* Scathlnfly Criticises tlte / gtettics of Ike tieaeral** f > ̂ Grammar. " The Americas Club of Pittsburgh com­ memorated the sixty-fl th anniversary of Gen. Grant's birth by banqueting at the Monongahela House of tnat city. The tables in the banquet hall were arranged so as to make the initials "U. 8. G.,w and were elaborately decorated with flower- pieces containing the initial letters of the deceased President's name and the dates 18254-1887. Gov. Foraker occupied the seat assigned Gen. Grant on the occasion of the recept on given to him on his return from his trip around the world. After the tables had been cleared Governor Foraker was introduced and responded to the toast WU. S. Grant." He sketched the liie of the General from early manhood to the close of his honorable cateer. -That he was not a third time called to the Presidency," sold Gov. Foraker. "was das to considerations that had no relation whatever to hiin personally. On tha contrary he was never more securely intrenched in the affections of th'j American p ople than he was at tUe very moment when the historic fight of the SJ3 de­ termine J followers ended in defeat at Chicago. It seemed as though he could not pos­ sibly do anything more to increase the esteem and aflectionate regard in whioh he was held, but he could--and he did. He was unwittingly involved and overwhelmed by financial disaster, and practically at the same time smitten by a fatal malady. The un­ conquerable character of hia nature was never more clearly demonetratid tbun then. It would be difficult to exaggerate the heroic fortitude and true Christian patience he displayed in the pathetic, unequal, bnt successful straggle that followed. Job cried out in his lamentations and said, 'Oh! that mine adversary had writ­ ten a book,'as if that were. as it probably is, the most surely fatal undertaking any ordi­ nary man can assume. Gen. Grant's last work was to write a book. He hod a. double pur­ pose to serve. He sought not only to record his recollection of the great events with which he had been identified, but also to provide against wunt for the faithlul md deserving companion of his life and partner of all his joys and sorrows. It has been graphically said by some one that as he sat at one side of the table writing. Death sat at the opposite side impa­ tiently waiting and watching. "Without a tremor or a murmur, l edevoted himself to his labor of love. A merciful Provi­ dence lengthened his days and gave him strength until the last line and word had been written, and bis heart had been gladdened by the assurance that both his purposes had been accomplished, and then, as 'gently as day Into night,' he passed into eternity." Boscoe Conking sent a letter of regret, in wbich he said: To jom in paying honor to the memory of a man s:> illustrious and so true to his country and friends, so firm set, so calm and enduring under calumny, suffering, and sorrow, would be a mournful and grateful privilege. I should feel at home in doing so with those who did not wait for the glorification of his death to show them the rugged grandeur of Grant or the honesty of his purposes, and his reverence for the rights ot every fellow-creature. ' GENERAL OKANI'U Mailt Twain Defend* the Hero Against Matthew Arnold's CriticfMna. At the Army and Navy Clnb'B celebra­ tion of General Grant's birthday in Hart­ ford, Ct., Mark Twain delivered the fol­ lowing address, which brought down the house: I will detain you with only just a few words --just a few thousand words--and then clve place to a better man--if lie has been creeled. Lately a great and honored author, Ma thew Arnold, has been flndiug fault with General Grant's English. That would be fair enough, may be. if the examples of imperfect Kn- glish averaged more instances to the page in General Grunt's book than they do in Mr. Arnold's criticism upon the book, but they don't. [Laughter and applause. | It would be fair enough, may be, if such instances were commoner in General Grant's buolc than they are in the works of the average .standard author, but ttiey aren't. In truth, General Grant's der­ elictions in tbe matter of grammar and con­ struction are not mere frequent than are such derelictions in the works of a majority of tbe professional authors of our time and of all time--authors as exclusively and painstakingly trained to the literary trade as was General Grant to the trade of war. In Mr. Arnold's paper on General Grant's book we find a couple of grammatical crimes and more than several examples of crude and slovenly English. The following passage is a fair illustration: " 'Meade suggested to Grant that he might wish to have immediately under him Sherman, who bad been serving with Grant in the West. He begged him not to hesitate if he thought it for the good of the service. Grant assured him that he nad no thought of moving him, and in bis memoirs, after relating what had passed, he adds," etc. "To read that passage a couple of times would make a man dizzy; to read it four times would make him drunk. "People may hunt out what microscopic motes they please, but, after all, the fact remains and cannot be dislodged that General Grant's book is a great and, in its peculiar department, unique and unapproachable literary masterp ece. In their line there is no higher literature than those modest, simple 'memoirs.' Their style is at least flawless, and no man can improve upon it; and great books are weighed and measured by their style and matter, not by the trimmings and shadings of their grammar. There is that about the sur which makes us forget bis spots, and when we think of Gen. Grant our pulses quicken and his grammar vanishes ; we only reaiember that this is the simple soldier who, ail untaught of the silken phrase-makerB, linked words to­ gether with un art surpassing the art of the schools, and put iuto them a something which will still bring to American ears as long as America shall last the roll of his vanished prums and the tread i f his marching hosts. iTuniuluious applause.) "What do we care for grammar when we think of the man that put together that thunderous Shraee, 'Unconditional and immediate surren-er,' and those otuers, 'I propos e to move im­ mediately upon your works,' 'I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer!' (Ap­ plause. | Mr. Arnold would doubtless claim that that last sentence is not strictly rrammatical; and yot, nevertheless, it did certainly wake up this nation as a hundred million tons of A1 fourth-proof, hard-boiled, hide-bound grammar from another mouth could not have done. And, finally, we have that gentler phrase--that one which shows you another true Bide of the man: shows that in his soldier heart there was room for other than gory war mottoes, and in his tongue the gift to fitly praise them--'Let us have peace.' " IProionged applause and cheering.] CLEVELAND AND '88. Senator Vest lAtails Hii Conversation with the President on the Snhlect. Senator Vest, of Missouri, when asked by a New York reporter whether or not, as has been alleged, he was the "Western Senator" referred to in the dispatch to the St. Louis Republican as the authority for the statement that President Cleveland would refuse a second term, said: No, sir. I never said so. I never said any­ thing that could reasonably be construed into any such meaning. Cleveland never told me be would not accept a renomination. and would soon cause the publication of a letter saving so. After strictly cross-examining myself about all I had recently said or done, I hit upon an expla­ nation of tbe matter, and I think it is the true one. I was calling upon President Cleveland not long ago when, in the course of a conversation about the state of the Democratic party, he de­ clared emphatically that the only ambition he had was honestly and faithfully to ad­ minister the affairs of the Government, that the people would elect any Democrat who might be nominated in 18^8. He knew he had been ac­ cused of selfish motives, "but," he added, "if I could consult only my own personal comfort and desires. I would lay down tbe office of Presi­ dent to-morrow." That ia all he said. Well, several weeks after that talk I was with a small company of Democrats, who were mostly anti-Cleveland. They began criticising the 1 resident for trying fcosecur.> his renomina­ tion and gratify selfish ambition. And when I heard this talk I declared it utterly with­ out foundation, and that Cleveland posi­ tively assured me he bad no other ambition in being President than to serve the party and the country. He said if he could feel free to consult his own comfort he would lay down the office of President at once. That was all I said and all I have said about the matter. t'f-ji 'T . Bv an improved procesa, in which a compound prepared by coking iron and piich together ia used aa the re­ ducing agent, an English chemist claims to be able to lower the cost of metallic sodium to about thirty cents a pound when produced on a large scale. TBE flrat paper mill in Masaachusetts, and it is believed in the I nited States, was established at Milton, on the Ne- ponset River, about 1730. IN British experiments last year cop­ peras proved a valuable fertilizer for ad Ou t In a P»p«r on the Eights of Womsstsadais. -- • ---- ,* - ' • • JMreete ftaitiiy Lam* ar t# ' the Liae *f Actio* to Be Pursued. ,-vC The President has addressed th* foUffWv Ing letter to the Secretary of the Interior, relating to the controversy between tho Northern Pacific Railroad and a settler in Washington Territory: DEAR SIB- I have examined with mash care and interest the questions involved In the conflicting of claims of Guilford L. Miller aad the Northern Pacific Railroad Company to cer­ tain public land In Washington Territory. The legal aspects of the ease have been examined and passed upon by several Officer* of tbe Gov­ ernment, who do not agree in their conclusions. Miller elaims to be a settler upon the land in question, whose possession dates from 187s. He alleges that he has made substantial Improvements upon this land and culti­ vated the same, and it appears that he filed his claim to tbe same under the homestead law on the 8Mb day of Decem­ ber, 1881. The railroad otanpany contends that this land is within the territory or area from whioh it was entitled to select such a quantity of public land as might be necessary to supply any deficiency that should be found to exist in the specified land mentioned in a grant by the Government to said company in aid of tbe construction of the road, such defi­ ciency being contemplated aa likely to arise from the paramount right to private parties and settlers within the territory embracing said granted lands, and that the land in dispute waa thus selected by the company on the lath day of December, 1883. A large tract, including this land, was with­ drawn by order of tbe Interior Department from sale and from pre-emption and homestead entry in 187-2 in anticipation of the con­ struction of said railroad, and a deficiency in its granted lands. In 1680, upon the filing of a map of definite location of the road, tbe land in controversy, and much more which had been so withdrawn, was found to lie outside of the limits which included the granted land; but itB withdrawal and reserva­ tion from settlement and entry under our land laws was continued upon the theory that it was within the limits of indemnity lands which might be selected by the company as provided in the law making the grant. The legal points in this controversy turned upon tbe validity and effect of the withdrawal and reservation of this land and the continuing thereof. The Attor­ ney General is of the opinion that such with­ drawal and reservation were at ail times effectual, and they operated to prevent Miller from acquiring any interest in or right to the land claimed by him. With this interpretation of the law, and the former or­ ders and action of the Interior Department, it will be seen that the eflect has been the with­ drawal and reservation since 1872 of thousands if not millions of acres of these lands from tbe operation of the land laws of the United States, thus placing them beyond the reach of our citi­ zens desiring under such laws to settle and make homes upon the same, and that this has been done'for the benefit of a railroad company, having no fixed, oertain, near definite interests in such lands. In this manner the beneficial policy and intention of tbe Government in relation to the public domain have for all these years to that extent been thwarted. There seems to be no evidence presented showing how mucb, if any, of this vast tract ia necessary tar tbe ful­ fillment of tbe grant to the railroad company, nor does there appear to be any limitation of the thne within which this fact should be made known, and the corporation is obliged to make its selection. After a lapse of fifteen years this large body of the publio do­ main is still held in reserve to the exclusion of settlers, for the convenience of a corporate beneficiary of the Government and awaiting its selection, though it is entirely oer­ tain that mucn of the reserved land can never be honestly claimed by said corporation. Such a condition of tbe public lands should no longer continue. So far as it is the result of executive - rules and methods these should be abandoned, and so far as it is a consequence of improvi­ dent laws these should be repealed or amended. Onr publio domain is our natiopai wealth, the earnest of our growth, and the heritage of our people. It should promise limitless develop­ ment and riches, relief to acrowdedpopulation, and homes of thrtft and industry. These ines­ timable advantages should be jealously guard­ ed. and a careful and enlightened policy on the part of the Government should secure them to the people. In the case under consideration I assume that there is an abundance of land within the area which has been reserved for indemnity, in which no citizen or settler has a legal or equit­ able interest, for ail purposes of such indem­ nification to this railroad company--if its grant has not been already satisfied. I understand, too, that selections made by such corporations are not complete and effectual until the same have been approved by the Secretary of the In­ terior, or unless they are made in the words of the statute, under his direction. You have thus far taken no action in this matter, and It seems to me that you a e in a condition to deal with the subject in such a manner as to protect the settler from hardship and loss. I transmit herewith the papers and docu­ ments relating to the cases which were submit­ ted to me at my request. I suggest that you ex­ ercise the power and authority you have in the premises, upon equitable consideration with every presumption and intendment in favor of the settler, and. in case you find this corpora­ tion is entitled to select any more of these lands than it has already acquired, that you direct it to select, in lieu of the land upon which Mr, Miller has settled, other land within the limits of this indemnity reservation, upon which neither he nor any other citizen has in good faith settled or made improvements. I call your attention to Sections '24^0 and 2451 of the Kevised Statutes of the United States as pointing out a mode of procedure which may perhaps be resorted to if necessary for the pur­ pose of reaching a just and equitable disposition of the case. Tbe suggestions herein contained can, I believe, be adopted without disregarding or calling in question the opinion of the Attor­ ney General unon the purely legal propositions which were submitted to him. Yours very truly, GROVKR CLEVELAND, To the Secretary of the Interior, Washington. The Significance of the Letter. (Washington special to Chicago Times ] The significance of the President's letter to Secretary Lamar is increased by the cir­ cumstances of its publication. The Secre­ tary left here for Charleston Monday morn­ ing, aud he has not returned. He is ex­ pected back on Monday. The letter is dated last Monday, and was given to the press last night, so that tbe President wrote the letter and made it public while tbe Secreta­ ry was absent, and the Secretary did not see the President's letter to him until it was published in all the papers.. By giving tbis letter to the public before the Secre­ tary saw it the President made the snub ad­ ministered to tbe Secretary as severe as possible. There is some curiosity to see how Mr. Lamar will take it People who have paid attention (o publio land matters, recognize that an emeigency existed which called for just such action as the President had the nerve and sense to take. • Gathered In. IF the young lady who leads the Sunday- school In inquiring "What shall the harvest be?" had been raised on a farm, she would have known, without being told, that it all depended on whether the fanner planted buckwheat or oata. A MILWAUKEE girl fell from a roof and lit in a mow-bank. "Are vou hart?" aaked a gentleman who hurried to her relief. "Not a bit!" was the cheerful reply. "Do you suppose 1 have, been tobogganing all winter for nothing?" A YOUNG man "who ean milk and take care of furnace" advertises in the New York Herald for a situation. Some milk­ man should hire him. The pumps conld be given a rest with a man on the place who can milk a furnace. THE latest acquisition to a dime museum is a man who has a spiral neck, shaped something like a corkscrew. It is sup­ posed that he sat in a theater behind a high hat, and twisted his neck out of shape 4n trying to get a glimpse of the atage. A LAZY man when offered a Waterbury watch as a premium with a suit of clothes which he nad purchased, declined it with the remark that be had enough of hard work to do already without winding a Waterbury watch every twenty-four hours. A SCIENTIST informs the world that the sun will last for ten millions of yean. We have no doubt of the truth of the state­ ment. About the next Fourth of July we will be of opinion that it has heat enough in it to last for ten billions of yean, m- ateed of ten millions. SHE--Where are you going, Charley? He--Going to the theater. She--Ah! I understand. The balfot. But why don't you go to the dog show instead? I think you will like it ever so much better. The dogs, you know, have four; twice as many