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••v. j :'A : -Y'i ' •' -' " ': ' " ^ ' i 'mmm. unrs* am**. - ILLINOIS. | A DAY'S DOINGS. * L jBventfal Happening* In Eroy Hot* ; hphere, as Transmitted by kt !« ' lW«*nvfc. : c !*;_ n ; , t v?|;. i *" '" " ' ,:f?h AUtioii. Social, Financial, ^ Industrial, Criminal and Other Hews. LATEST DISPATCHER ...\ ALMOST ANOTHER HORROR a Kautlcoke Colliery--Narrow J2»- ^ cape of Three Hundred Men. ^.4: A special from Wilkesbarre, Pa., pays: ' Three hundred men employed at No. 1 slope the Snsquehanna Coal Company at Nan- ' ttooke had a narrow escape with their lives. This large army of men were engaged in Alining coal in the lowest vein in the mine, when a great volume of water, stored in Otoe of the upper veins, broke through into i the gangway where the men were at work. By the aid of electric alarms the men all through the mine were made aware of the 4aioger in store for them, and a mad rush HTM made for the openings. All succeeded ill making their escape, bnt many of the Older men and young boys were knocked Sown and tram pied upon. Before the last Hum got oat the water had increased to three feet in depth in the main gangway, •lid some of the miners had to paddle fkeir way out." . THE DEATH OF CPU BABCOCK. Coroner's Inqnest--The Case Recommended "to the Grundy Grand Jury. - - A CHICAGO dispatch of Saturday says: The Coroner's jury in the case of the death of Colonel Walter S. Babcock at Gardner, HI., returned a verdict yesterday to the effect that the deceased came to Ills death from shook and hemorrhage caused by a pistol-ball wound in tUe abdomen; and that while there was no direct testimony to the fact, the jury believed igom. what testimony it had that the wound was inflicted by Sarah Dodge the night of Aug. 19 at or near Gardner, Grundy Coun­ ty, 111., and recommended that the grand im7 of Grundy County more fully investi­ gate the case. After the jury had retired, after heariug the testimony, Coroner Hertz informed its members that Miss Dodge had refused to make any statement what­ ever in the case, and he had not subpoe- Med her because he knew she woaklaet The National Game. THE record of games won end lost by ^jle teama of the National Base-Ball {league ie as follows: Percent- JClubs. Won. Loot age. Hetioit....... M 86 .615 Chicago.................. 58 SB .590 Ifofedeipfaia - 51 41 .650 Mew York SI 41 JS54 Booton 48 40 Pittsburg 37 61 .490 Washington 35 63 .403 IbdiaaapoUa 38 63 .807 The American Association schedule of Percent- ifpames is appended: Ctabe. Won. Imt t*K. •§•• •X Loots 74 SB ] ^SWO IrfmisviUe 57 44 i61 Cincinnati Baltimore. Athletic Brooklyn ̂ Metropolitan^ Cleveiand .68 .61 .48 47 47 60 SI 66 75 Mi 484 Twelve of a Yachting P**ty Drowned. 0* THB pleasure yacht mAacombe, i at Lon .864 L Sailing on the Thames at London, turned hack to recover a boat hook which had Hallen overboard, when she was struck by • squall and capsized. There were twenty- One persons on board, all of whom were ;#uown into the water. Assistance was ten Xoinutes in arriving, and those who were 4ttill afloat were rescued by small boats, but twelve persons were drowned, and their bodies nave not been recovered. Tried to Kill the Csar. . A CABLE dispatch reports that another Hjjttempt was made to assassinate the Czar. /*». nihilist disguised as an officer of the guards approached the Imperial Guards While they were escorting the Czar on his Journey from St. Petersburg to Kra6noc- Belo, and twice fired a revolver at the Em­ peror, The first shot went wide of its jnark, but the second perforated the Czar's |toat The assailant was promptly seised find disarmed. I The Colorado Indian Troubles. A DKNVEB dispatch denies the report tut Colorow and his band had been sur­ rounded by whites. "It now appears that fitey are almost impregnably intrenched in file hills, and spoiling for a big fight with fee pale-far es. Captain Lswson narrowly •scaped falling: into their hands ou Wednes­ day, being pursued twenty miles and fired sit a number of times." m: Minor Telegrams. ; ArsraiA, Hungary, Germany, Holland, 'ftaly, Spain, and Denmark have joined the vJtonference proposed for the arrangement ,'#f a union among the European notions $ogcerning sugar bounties. T SESATOB CCLLOM, in an interview at Chicago, expressed satisfaction with the Workings of the interstate commerce law, but thought that amendments will be pro- |)osed at the next Congress. B. G. DUN & Co., in their trade review, State that the tendency of prices during the , |Ust week has been upward for most prod- , ®cts, and the state of business is rather %etter; but there is still much hesitation land irregularity. " DAVENPORT (Iowa) dispatch: "The sen­ sational and heretofore unexplained sui- , «ide of John Warmbold in a cemetery here is explained by the revelation of the sur­ prising fact that the estate is involved to the extent of $105,000. The assets are es- mated at $150,000. Creditors will satiN- sent their claims for the present." 7 •• -- . ) ^ BAST. Ax emigrant train collided with a freight train on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, twenty miles from Wheeling, the engineer and fireman of the former being killed, and seventeen other persons, fifteen of them :. emigrants, seriously injured. LOBMOKE & Co., wholesale grocers, of Elmira, N. Y., have failed, , with liabilities of $80,000. V HENBY K. IVES, the late "Napoleon of finance, appears to Lave been guilty of during his meteoric career J ® ? .J0 ®nUUe him to (several thou* • A \ I^yteptiary. It juat trail- ? S tha t^uoks of the Dayton, Fort 3* wayne and Chicago Railway, of which lie had oonteoLare missing, and that he hypothecated Jury. Mr, He said: 'It will be Miss Dodge, I fear. Baboock's friends will not prosecute her, bnt want to let til# matter drop. He refused to Bake any statement against her. She can claim the shooting was in self-defense or accidental, and there is no way of successfully contra­ dicting her.' The true cause of the death of KahcocJt will never be known to the public unless Miss Dodge chooses to re­ veal it. There is no reason why she should, and every reason why she should not A MASS convention of citizens of Illinois in the interest of the project for a ship canal from tha Mississippi Biver to the lakes nas been called to meet at Peoria, Oct. 6. A DENVER special of Friday says: "GOT. Adams, Congressman Symmes, Attorney General Marsh and W. N. Byers left Den­ ver last night for Glenwood Springs. This was in response to telegrams received to day irom Gen. Reardou stating that Colo- row wanted a conference with the 'big white chief'! of the State. Major Leslie, with cavalry troops, is reported in official dispatches to have 'corraled* Colorow and two hundred bucks, and the old chief, it is said, refuses to confer with the cowboys or State troops. Adjutant General West, the County Commissioner, and others are now en route to Glenwood Springs from Meeker to meet the Governor, whom (5ener.il ltear- don telegraphed lo come immediately, even if it required a special tin n, as an emer­ gency had arisen wherein the Governor's presence was at once needed. Notwith­ standing all this talk of a peace conference, there are still very warlike rumOrs from the scene of Indian troubles." THE Governor of Illinois has been noti­ fied by the Kansas authorities that the quarantine against all Illinois cattle, ex­ cepting Cook County, has been raised, and they will be received without health cer­ tificates. Colorado, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Minnesota have also revoked the quaran­ tine proclamation. ---=^F== SOUTH. THE census of Knoxville, Tenn., shows the population to be 36,707. Six men were indicted at Woodstock, Ya., for taking Senator Riddleberger from jail, and the Deputy Sheriff who de­ livered the keys to them has also been in­ dicted. THE defalcations of Norman Boberts. the absconding Baltimore banker, reach nearly half a million dollars, of whioh al­ most f400,000 was stolen from the Lomain heirs. CHARLES BARTLETT, cashier of the Sumter (South Carolina) National Bank, has absconded with all the bank's funds. His books show a shortage of $20,000. The bank has closed its doors. Bartlett is supposed to be in Mexico. His downfall is attributed to speculation. IT is stated the loss of the rice crop of South Carolina by the recent freshet will exceed $100,000. Many planters have been ruined by the floods, and the question of what to do with the negroes on tbeir plantations is a serious one. A SQECIAII from Hinton, W. Via., brings the ruefnl story from McDowell County that everybody there is down again with a dreadful disease that becomes epidemic over a very severe drought. It is stated 200 persons have died in consequence dur­ ing the last four weeks. The people have suspended all business and are devoting themselves wholly to earing for the sick and burying the dead. WASHINGTON: IT is stated in a Washington dispatch that a movement is being made all along the line in Grand Army circles to have the ex­ isting system of pension payments changed so as to have them made monthly instead of quarterly. The argument in favor of this change is based upon the assumption that it would be more convenient for the pensioners to receive their money :!rom the Government as their month- bills become due. The pensioner who receives $8 a month and lives in rooms or a house rented for tnat sum would gladly devote it to payment on that account, as a matter of convenience to himself as well as to other parties interested. Those who receive larger or smaller pensions, de- «nding upon that certain income for the lefrnying of certain expenses, would also be better accommodated than by the pres­ ent system. Thi» argument seems to bo accepted by the G. A. B. posts the country over, and the probability is a petition founded upon it will be in readiness to be resented to the Fiftieth Congress next >ecember. THE Register and Receiver of the United States Land Office at Prescott, Ari., have been instructed to open for settlement the lands in their district hitherto withdrawn for indemnity purposes under the Atlantio and Pacific grant. Cor. ALLEN RUTHEUFOBD, a well- known pension-claim agent, was arrested in Washington on a charge of bribing a clerk in the Pension Office and taking rec­ ords and files from that office. NATIONAL bank, depositories now hold over $20,000,000 in Government funds-- the greatest amount ever held by the de­ positories at one time. LABOR. THE International Stove-molders' Union will demand an increase of wages varying from 10 to 15 per cent, all over the United States and Canada. Two weeks will be given the bosses to ncake up their minds to grant the increase, and if they will not do so a strike will be ordered. If at the end of the first week o<: the strike the increase is not accorded 5 per cent. addition^ tq GENERAL. A ST. Lotria special says definite infor­ mation has been received that President and Mrs. Cleveland and accompanying party will arrive in that city on the evening of Oct. 1, but the President will see nobody that evening except a reception committee that will meet him at the depot. The party will remain in St. Louis until the evening of the 5th, when they will leave for Chi­ cago. The President will go to Philadel­ phia on the 17th of September to attend the centennial constitutional celebration. He will probably be accompanied by Mrs. Cleveland. A MONOPOLY known as the Union Straw- board Company has been formed, and sev­ eral mills have teen shut down in conse­ quence. # THE Supreme Council of the American Legion of Honor hss just held its biennial convention in Washington. The Supreme Council consists of forty-sir delegates, representing a total membership of 62,000. Tho order is carrying u benefit insurance of $183,000,000, and has collected and paid in the course of the last two years about $4,000,000. Several amendments to the constitution were adopted, to go in­ to effect Dec. 1, among them a pro- vision/that hereafter no person aged over 50 can become a beneficiary member of the order, and that each member, as soon as in­ itiated, becomes a contributor to the benefit fund. There were eighteen assessments called during the year ending June 30,1886, and twenty-one during the year ending June 30, 1887. The average death-rate was 1,074. FOLLOWING was the visible supply of grain, as compiled by the New York Pro­ duce Exchange: Wheat, 31,998,593 bush­ els; decrease, 771,418 bushels. Corn, 6,103,144 bushels; decrease, 699,628 bush­ els. Oats, 4,437,001 bushels; increase, 717,170 bushels. Bye, 300,586 bushels; decrease, 848 bushels. Barley, 153,486 bushels; increase, 22,585 bushels. THE English steamship Madrid, which sailed from Philadelphia May 25, for London via Bull Biver, S. C., where she loaded a cargo of phosphate rock, has been given up for lost, with all on board. She was commanded by Captain Mathew Carson, who had with him a crew of twenty-five men. The steamer and cargo were valued at $150,000. FBAZIER and Stewart, who have been sent by the Dominion Government on an observation tour throug'a the Northwest territory, report that shocking destitution prevailed at Fort Chippenyan and along the Mackenzie Biver last winter. Many persons died of starvation, and cannibal­ ism was resorted to to some extent. pounca WEST. A DISPATCH from Gardner, I1L, Mya "Miss Sarah H. Dodge, the alleged slayer of Walter S. Babcock, the Chicago lumber merchant, waived a hearing and was ad mitted to bail in the sum of $10,000. The Willingness.of State's Attorney Carter to SOcept $10,000 bail iB construed as a tacit admission that he does not believe Miss Dodge will be convicted of the murder bv the court, and that the case will never set further than the . j\ • r~ w ?Tf ^ • * A CALL has been is»ued by the Executive Committee of the "Ameri­ can party" for a convention, to be held at Philadelphia Sept. 16 and 17, for the purpose of perfecting the organization. Among the defined ob­ jects of the movement are the restriction of immigration, a thorough revision of the naturalization laws, the suppression of polygamy and intemperance, the promotion of the free-school system, and an equitable solution of the labor problem. Mr. Pow­ der ly writes a letter denying that he is identified with the movement or in sympa­ thy with its aims. THE Iowa Bepublican Convention, which was held at Des Moines Aug. 24, heartily cheered every allusion to Blaino and Allison. Governor Larxabee and Lieu­ tenant Governor Hull were renominated by acclamation. George S. Robinson was nominated for Supreme Judge on the firth ballot, and Henry Sabin for Superintend­ ent of Public Instruction on the third bal­ lot. Tbeplatform embraces twelve reso­ lutions. The suppression of the black vote in the South is viewed with alarm; the pro tective tariff and civil-service reform are approved; the Cleveland administration is denounced; the interstate commerce act in indorsed and anti-monopolv legislation in the State demanded; a liberal pension policy is favored, prohibition stoutly up­ held; the usual message of sympathy ex tended to Gladstone and Parnell, and Governor Larrabee's administration com mended. LEWIS E. MCCOMAS presided over the Maryland Republican Convention, which met at Baltimore August 24. The follow ing ticket was nominated: For Governor,, Walter B. Brooks, of Baltimore; for Comp­ troller, R. B. Dixon, of Talbot County; for Attorney General, Francis Miller, of Mont­ gomery County. Th? platform arraigns the President for not calling to account Federal office re who have disreearded his instructions regarding active participation in politics, which alleged shortcommg on his part is held to be a confession that his civil-service reform utterances are insin­ cere. FIVE HUNDRED delegates attended the Pennsylvania Prohibition Convention at llarrtsburg. Simeon B. Chase was nomi­ nated for Judge of the Supreme Court, and D. C. Irish for State Treasurer. The platform indorses woman suffrage, the re- FOREIGK A CABLE dispatch from Constantinople says: "M. Vulkovitch, the Bulgarian Agent, has handed to the Porte a telegram from Prince Ferdinand expressing his devotion to the Sultan and asking permission to come to Constantinople and pay his homage in person. Kiomi Pasha, the Prime Min­ ister, telegraphed a reply informing the Prince that the Sultan cannot accede to his proposition. The Porte disapproves of his entry into Bulgaria without the sanction of the Porte and powers. Russia's reply to the last circular of the Porte suggested that an Ottoman commis­ sion and a Russian General should go to Sofia to secure conjointly and in a legal manner the election of a new Sobranje, which should elect a new prince. This proposal, being submitted to the powers, was sanctioned by France and Germany, but disapproved of by the other powers, who advised the Porte to adopt a policy of moderation and to await events." Sn: JOHN A. MACDONALD, speaking of the Red River Valley Road in Manitoba, is reported as saying: "I am determined the construction of that road shall be stopped, and if necessary by British regulars. At his suggestion, the Government has de- decided to establish a garrison at Winnipeg. SEVEN persons were drowned in the St. Lawrence River by the upsetting of a boat. Six lives were lost by the capsizing of a barge in the River Thames. IN the British House of Commons Mr. Gladstone spoke at length in support of the resolution for an address to her Majesty praying the withdrawal of the proclamation against the Irish League. The grand old man declared that no information had been laid before Parliament which justified it in assenting to the proclamation, and charac­ terized the action of the government aB "a near approach to a declaration of war upon the Irish people." Ho also asserted that English public opinion waB against the government's Irish policy. Mr. Balfour replied to his speech, maintaining that there were abundant grounds for the sup­ pression of the league within the knowl­ edge of all. TAOAKBOO and Bostoff have been an­ nexed to the Don Cossack district and the Jews ordered to leave. Many of them will emigrate to America. MARKET REPORT*. & NEW YOUK. CATTI* S4.50 Hoo.«....i,.. 9.90 Waara-lfd. l Hard i.84 No. 2 IUd .81 COBS--KO. 2. .*9 OATS--^White. 35 PORK-Family Mees. 17.95 CHICAGO. CATTLE--Choice to Trim* steers 9.00 Good 4.00 Common 9.00 Hoos--Kblppmg Grade*.., 9.0J FX.OUK--Wiut<-r Wiient. $.75 WHEAT--No. 2 Bed Winter .71 CORK--No. 2 40 OAT*--No. 2 White U BCITICB--Choice Creamery ..... . .23 Kine Dairy .18 ig> CHBKSS--Foil Creein, Cheddars. .10>4 <1 Full Cream, new 10% 4 Boot--Fresh 13 @ POTATOHS--Choice, per ba...... .75 POKK--Mesa It.00 MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--Cash 68 Coju»--No. 3 10 OATS--No. S White .27 RYB--No. 1 47 POKK--Mess 14.25 ST. IiOUIS. WHEAT--No. 2 Bed M CORK--Mixed • .40 OATS--Mixed. .24 POBK--New liees 14.75 TOLEDO. WHEAT--Cash 74 COKK-No. 2 .44 OATS 26 i>ETKOIT. BEF.FCATTI.lt 3.75 HOOP 950 BHEKP 3.76 WHEAT--Ko. 2 White 76 CORK--NO. 2 45 OATS--KO, 2 White .28 CINCINNATI. WHEAT--No. 2 Bed COBN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 POBK--Ue«.... LIVE HOUH w „ BUFFALO. WHEAT--No. 1 Herd COBN--No. 2 CATTLE. $.75 INDIAN APOLI& BEEFCATTMt. 8.50 Hoos 4.75 BBEBP 3.0O WHEAT--No. 2 Kei 71 CoEJf OATS--No. 2 Mixed _ EAST LIBERTY. ' CATTLE--Prime 4.50 Fair .; 4.00 Common. 8.50 Hoos. 6.00 SHEET 4.0J & £.75 & 6.00 .85 <$ .82 «$ .90 & .40 «17.79 FT 9.25 ET 4.5J <U> 3.50 Y* 9.53 & 4.25 .72 .78 & .27 (FF 14.76 6.00 R 15.29 & 9.75 Gov. Uutabt* Named for R«- j»l«ction--Lieut. Gov. Hull Alto Renominated. Eatftmslam Manifested Orer the Home el Seutor Allison--! the Platform, .41 .29 .24 .2J .11 s* .85 (d 17.00 « .09 & .41 & .27* & .49 «14.75 & .70 n9 .40H rt .9* .74)* •<*» & 4.90 <» 4.23 C4 4^0 o, .77 <& .49^ 0 .90 .43)4 .28 .811*9 " & .42*'* .29 4 .82 .48<« & 5.00 & 4.71 si 9.80 <tf 4.00 <4 .71% * (Des Moinea apecial.l Th* lowm Republican State Conventtouelosed a harmaniooB session on Wednesday, xhs del­ egates, of whom thero wereiftW Included in the Mil, ten all present except three. Although tt»x» WM Bo very spirited contest as to plat­ form or ttokot, the occasion brought here tho foremost men in tho party in tho various dele- Sttions, and occupying ae^ts of honor upon e stage were many who have home the_ bur­ den of party work and leadership for over thirty yeare. Among the notable men present were sena­ tors Allison and Wilson. Governor Lanrabee, ex-Governors Qear, Sherman, Stone, and Mer­ rill. Congressmen Hendursoii, Ktrublo, Lyman, Fuller. Holmes, and Anderson, and a very large majority of the members of the late General Assembly. The speeches were pitched to a high key of psirty enthusiasm. The opening by Hon. John Brennnn, the eloquent Irinh attorney of fciioux Oity, the temporary Chaiririau, abounded in strong argument and brilliant Bailies of wit, well sustaining his reputation as an orator. A significant Incident during its delivery was the effect produced by his roference to Bltilne and Allison; the name of the former evoked ap- Slause. bnt when referenco was inci-entally, to 8enator Allison, that genU man, who occupied a prominent seat on the stage was given a perfect ovation. Tliis spontaneous outburst showed unmistakably tiio popular strength of Iowa's senior (Senator within the ranks of his party. There are no slgnB here that Senator Allison will have any half-hearted support in Iowa. Mr. Brennan referred to all the principal issues, dividing the parties. He sharply arraigned the Democratic party for inconsistency in resolving in favor of home rule for Ireland while deny lug it to the people of Dakota. The nomination of Gov. Larrn.bee for a sec­ ond term was-carried with u. shout, and in re­ sponse to numerous calls, he appeared and made quite an extended address. It was de­ voted largely to a review of State affairs, and compared the expenses of State foverr.meut in Iowa with that of neighboring States. He ^]|Q said that In the last two years there had l een a reduction of about g^i.o io of outstanding warrants, and the wholo amount wouH be wiped out by the first day of July next. He took strong grounds in favor of the prohibitory law, and said he believed the man lmd not yet been born who would live to see the repeal of the law. J. A. T, Hull, the present inenmbent, was then renominated by acclamation as Lieuten­ ant Governor. The contest over the nomina­ tion of Supreme Judge was quite spirited, as predicted. Judge Adams led. On the first for­ mal ballot Adams received 308; i.obiusou, 19i>; Kuddick, 94; Lewis, 142; Granger, 7, ; Hender­ son, 74; and Miracle, 95. No ciiolfp. There was little change until the fourth ballot, when Robinson's vote jumped up to 4i 3 ,; Adams, 277 % ; Lewis, 79; Kuddick, 04; Henderson, 10; Miracle, 66; Granger, 9b%. Tho opposition Anally, on the next ballot, un.-tc.-d on Senator Robinson of Storm Lake and gave him a good majority. In the contest for Superintendent of Public Instruction Prof. Fellows roceivod a i;ood vote on the first ballot--standing third in a field of eight candidates. However, the fi;.'i,t narrowed down to Sabin, Grumbling, and I rivt. and the other candidates were withdruv. u and their sup­ porters went to Sabin. The f liowing is the first ballot: Sabin, 202; Grimib:inpr, JV i; 1* rout, 116; Gurney, 87; Fellows, 146; Colleen, ;»0; Eldridge. 140. On the third ballot Henry Kcbin of Clinton wa3 nominated by the lollowin^ vote: Sabin, 730; Grumbling, 222; Frost, 41--the nomination being made unanimous. The platform, which was read by George D. Perkins of Biouz City, was well recehed by the convention, and parte of it were heartily cheered, especially the plank which favors the abolition of the pass and the recommendation in regard to a two cent per mile pnsflentfer rivte on first class railroads. Ti>o temp Vatice plank also pleased the convention vo y greatly, and the plank commending Gov. I r.rrabeo for his position on the subject of the return of the rebel flags. THE PLATFORM ADCI'TKI*. The Republicans ot Iowa accept as settled the old issues and conclusive results ot the war, and hail with patriotic satisfaction all sincere evidences of returning fraternity und reunion. The new Issues raised in the South since the war against the right of evcrv free man to cast his vote unmolested and have it honestly counted, and against the right of minority rule in the State and nation, aro yet to be settled. We deny that the suffrage is purely a loyal question for each State to regulate in whole or suppress ingart JIH it chooser, 'ihe suppression of the votes ol tHe block men In the South is not only a wrong to them, it is also, in a na­ tional sense, in the election of Congress and the election ot a Tresident, a bold and successful method to make one vote in the &outli count for as much as two in the North, and therefore a wrong which reaches into every neighborhood and to every voter in the Union. It is also used to degrade the negroes of tho South into a servile form of cheap labor with which free la­ bor everywhere must soon be brought into .competition. We continue to favor a protective tariff for the upbuilding of American industries and the development of all our resources as a nation. We also favor it for the protection of American labor and in such degree as will maintain to such labor the advantage of the difference be­ tween the wages of tho workingmen of Europe and America. We believe the tariff should be revised and reduced wherever this policy will allow and the public interest approve. The strictest honesty, economy, and retrenchment should be required and followed in the expen­ diture of public money, and we declare for all possible and practicable reduction of taxation, both national and State. We favor the revision of the revenue laws of the State to the end that taxation maybe equitable on all kinds of property. We are opposed to criminal and vicious im­ migration of all kinds to threaten the public welfare and disturb the sooial peace, ana to all pauper immigration and convict or coolie labor, and to the contract of prison labor by the State to bring unfair competition to American work­ ingmen. We favor such legislation in the State as will protect miners and all other laborers in their lull rights as to compensation, protection of life, hours of labor, and freedom of trade. AM public lauds should bs held, and all un­ earned lands granted reclaimed, for actual set­ tlers. Non-resident aliens should not be al­ lowed to acquire title to lands in this country. The civil-service law, enacted by the Repub­ lican party and now BO flagrantly disobeyed and violated by the Democratic administration, should be maintained and improved in ail ways to insure its enforcement and inerease its ef- floienoy. The sole test of the incumbent of an office or applicant for a place in the detail service of the Government should be honesty, competency, and fidelity, with the single ex­ ception that when all other qualifications are equal, the Union soldier shall have the prefer­ ence. We are unable to give the commendation of good citizens to the administration of Grover Cleveland. In its discrimination against and its shameful abuse of Union soldiers, and the constant preference it has shown to the men who fougnt to destroy the Union; in its despot­ ic use of the executive power to veto bills pass­ ed by Congress for the relief of Union soldiers and the Des Moines River land settlers ; in Its ( attempt to reverse the verdict of the war by a surrender of the rebel battle-flogs ; in its fail­ ure to reduce the surplus or decrease taxation, and for ittt broken promises to the pooplo and its inefficient discharge of the public services, wo are compelled to denounce it as being un­ patriotic, unworthv, a disappointment to the country, and a fresli proof of the incapacity of the Democratic party to conduct successfully the affaire of tho nation. The theory of public regulation and control of railways and othor corporations, first enacted into law in this State and by the State carried up to the approval of tho Supreme Court of the United states, we maintain with increasing favor. We approve tho general principles of the interstate coinmcrce law, and favor such amendments thereto as will make it still more protective of the interest* of the people, and such State legislation as will iipply its princi­ ples to this State. We either as.v that the next Legislature shall, after thorough and unsparing investigation, so revise and amend tho laws forming the railroad code of the State as will secure to the people all legitimate protection from corporation monopoly and extortion as will increase tho eflioiency nnd the usefulness of the commission, and as will secure all fair and ponsible reduction in froight and fares, be­ lieving that the flrxt-clas» roads of the State can afford to reduce passenger fares to two cents a mile. We aro opposed to all unjust discriminations between persons and places, and also to any railroad policy or legislation which will tend to injuro our agricultural, in­ dustrial, or commercial interests, or th»t will aid in building up outride cities and interests at the expense of the cities and towns of our own State. We are also opposed to granting any form of exclusive rights by which any cor­ poration or individuals will be protected from legitimate and honorable competition and es­ tablished a* a monopoly regardless of public interest. This Government, saved from destruction by treason by the patriotism and valor of the Union soldiers, eannot aflord in justice or hon­ or to deal less than justly with thorn. It should cordially and promptly bestow as an obligation of the Government and not as a charity liberal pensions to all disabled or de­ pendent soldiers, and to the dependent widows and parents of soldiers, thus preventing any suffering and want from coming to those to whom the nation owes a debt it can never re- We awnove of the State administration of publie amirs in Iowa, and especially commend Gov. Larrabee for bis nourageous defense of the P*ople from the extortion of railway n Uee and for his protest in behalf of Iowa _ Cleveland's attempted surrender of the rebel battle-flags. SKETCHES OF THE CANDIDATES. William Larrabee was born in Connecticut in 1489. When 24 years old he removed to Iowa and began a successful business career. Ju- dicions Investments ia wheat and real estate were the toundntinn of his prosperity, which Places him is a high position among the lead­ ing Citizens of his adopted State. His earliest experience in politics was as an unsubcesstul candidate for Congress. In 18,'« he became a member of the State Senate, to which he hod been re-elected continuously until two years ®go> when he was elected Governor. _»• A. T. Hull, renominated for Lioutenant Governor, served in the war, and afterward conducted a newspaper at Birmingham, Iowa. Later he bought tne Davit County ICcpubliean. Ha served for several terms as Secretary of the Senate, and was then elected Secretary ot ®tate, and two years ago was nominated and elected Lieutenant Governor. At that time he prominently mentioned for Governor, and although a comparatively young man his oircle of acquaintances Is ext-«ielve and his personal following is large. G. S. Robinson, the nominee for Supreme Judge, was born in Illinois in 1813, He was a farmer boy, and when 14 years of age, through the occidental death of his father, was called npon to support the family. He afterward went to Iowa and resided at Brighton. When th* war broko out he enlisted, and was wounded and taken prisoner at Chickamauga. He sub­ sequently attended college and graduated at Bloomington, 111, and also graduated in law at St. Louis. In 1803 he went to Buena Vista County, Iowa, where he now resides. In 1H75 P® was elected to the General Assembly and o - ^ State Senate, and re-elected in 2895. He was also tor six years a director of the State Normal School. Henry Sabin, of Clinton County, the nominee for State Superintendent, was bom in J'omfret, Conn., in 1829. Entering Amherst College at the age of 20, he graduated with honors in 1852, and went to Iowa in 1871. He has lived In Clinton for the last sixteen years, and has al­ ways been an enthusiastic worker in the cause of education. MARYLAND REPUBLICANS. State Convention the Largest and Host Enthusiastic Held for Many Years. The Ticket and the Platform--Proxni- nant Democrats Pledge Their Support _ „ ^ [Baltimore special.] Tna state Republican Convention met on Wednesday in this city, and was the largest and most enthusiastic gathering of llepubll- cans held in Maryland for many years. Hon. Lewis E. McComas presided. A platform was adopted. It starts out: Uns olved, That the Republican party of Mary­ land, adhering to the principles affirmed by its national convention in respect to the rules governing appointments to oTice, declares that the reform in the civil service should be thorough, radical, and complete. To that end it demands the co-operation of the legislative with the executive department of the Govern­ ment, and that Congress shall so legislate that fitness, ascertained by proper practical compe­ tition, shall admit to public service; that the tenure of office shall be made secure (iuriug good behavior, and that the power of removal for cause shall accompany the power of appoint­ ment. That the principles thus declared with refer­ ence to the National Government shall be ap­ plied in their full force to the government of the State of Maryland and the city of Baltimore. That the President of the United States, liy his action in regard to the Federal appoint­ ments in this State, has give:i conclusive evi­ dence that his professions of devotion to civil- service reform are hollow and delusive, and his failure to call the Federal oiliceholders to account for their open and shameless disre­ gard of his own declaration that they should not engage in efforts to control tho political ao- tian of tiieir own party is a confession of insin­ cerity on his part or a i>roof thr.t his will is controlled by the stronger will ol the senior t'enator from Maryland. That it is the imperative duty cf Congress to pass the measure known as the Blair educa­ tional bill, or some equivalent pr. vision for ' aiding the btates in romoting the illiteracy which now exists in so many of them. The platform goes on to suggest laws for pre­ venting discrimination in tho public schools against colored children; regulating and ad­ justing the differences between labor and capi­ tal ; the abolition of tho system of enforced to­ bacco inspection; the passage of BUCU laws as will effectually protect American labor and American society from the influences of the pauper and criminal classes of other countries and the competition of convict labor ut home; opposing the calling of a constitutional conven­ tion eft tho present time; condemning the schemes of the Democratic party for the destruction of the Chesapeuke and Ohio Canal and its removal as a competitor with railroad monopoly ; favor­ ing the passage of more stringent laws against the use of money at elections ; for an equitable system of taxation, a revision of the revenue . laws, a curtailment of the expenses of legisla­ tion, and a revision of the laws regulating pro­ cedure in the courts so as to lessen the exponso; for UBing the surplus in the State Treasury to the extinguishment of the State debt us far as possible, and the refunding of the remainder by offering it in the markets so as to secure the lowest rate of Interest; demanding a minority representation on all commissions and official boards, and the adoption of such election laws as shall guarantee free suffrage. Nominations were made as follows: Gov­ ernor, Walter B. Brooks, of Baltimore; Comp­ troller, R. B. Dixon ; Attorney General, Francis Miller. After the business of the convention was concluded a sensation was caused by the appearance on the floor of John K. Cowen, a prominent lawyer and leader of the re­ form movement in tho Democratic party. He was introduced, and in one of the strongest speeches ever listened to in this city pledged to the Re­ publican ticket the full support of the inde­ pendent Democrats. He announced that ha was and always should be a Democrat, but that he was tired of waiting for the fulfillment of reform promises made by "Senator Gorman and the ring Democracy" of the State. W. L. Marburg, a Democratic lawyer and member of the Crescent Club, also addressed the conven­ tion and promised to aid in electing the Repub­ lican ticket. How the Soldiers Toted. Apropos of the claims of the Democratio press that there were as many, or more, Democrats in the Union ranks as there were Republicans, it is well once in a while to refer to the official figures. In 18G4 tbere were eleven States which had passed laws to allow their soldiers in the field to vote at the Presidential elec­ tion, and thus express their party prefer­ ences. McClellan was the Democratio candidate, and he was a great favorite with the boys in blue. Many a ltepublican sol­ dier in the Virginia camps vote<Tfor "Little Mac," because of a personal liking for his old commander. Yet with this advantage the soldier vote was tremendously large lor Lincoln. Here are the figures: State. Maine... New Hampshire. Vermont Pennsylvania... Maryland Kentucky Ohio Michigan. Iowa Wisconsin Kansas ...» California Total Lincoln. McClellan. 0 5.00 4.50 ft 4.00 & 8.75 <a 4.90 "IS* a has no compromise to bold with the sa­ loon. We declare in favor of the faithful and vigorous enforcement In all parts of the State Of the prohibitory law. The pharmacy law and county permit law should bo so amended as to prevent the drug store or wholesale liquor law from becoming in any manner the substitute or sucoessor of the saloon. We express o'ir sympathy with tho people struggling for liberty and home rule, whether It be the Irish j e pie, led by Gladstone and 4,174 2,060 243 ... S6.71* ... 2,800 ... 1,191 ... 41,14ft ... 9,403 ... 15,178 ... 11,872 2,876 ... 2,G00 ,...119,703 741 690 49 12,849 821 *,823 9,757 9,959 1,804 M>8 613 237 34,291 These are the official figures, and we know of no other trustworthy way of tell­ ing the politics of the men who composed the Union armies than by the record of their votes. Until our Democratic brethren can invent on4 as satisfactory we shall take the liberty of disbelieving all their state­ ments to the effect that "Democratic sol­ diers saved the Union." The man who says so in good faith is not mentally above tbe enpocity of a gibbering idiot.--Toledo Blade. Democratic Progression* Louisville Commercial: A pyramid whose hieroglyphics every mossback can read. Kentucky's Democratic majorities forth* last six years! ISJli™ 68,610 1«9 43,917 1880 42,754 1388 44,431 1884 84,889 1887..17,015 TBS Boston Journal puts George Will- lam Curtis' address before the Civil-Serv­ ice Reform League into a nutshell thus: "Mr. Cleveland is a better man than hie party, but his party is a bigger man than Mr. Cleveland." And the mugwumps support the parly for the sake of it «fov-'ie mnn--and it is not cer­ tain, either, that ('leveland is better than his party. We h-.ive cn'y Mr. Curtis'word for it. A FAKUS AND » Bull HAT* a Deadly MM*, in Which tin Lattot Xi Killed. A special dispatch from Cincinnati to th® Chicago Herald dives an account of a novel fight near Kenton P. O., Ky., be. tween Pole Harrison's bull and a jackasa owned by one of his neighbors: The fight waa tba result of Harrison bavinc mentioned in a bantering way bis bull's fight­ ing qualifications. Part of a red flannel shirt waa thoughtfully brought by the referee. This was tied around the jack's neck by consent of to6 omitr, and th# UIIIQAII turned loot*. The ass did not like the red, and seemed to blame the bull for its presence, for he laid back his ears and mode a dart for him. The bull got out of the way, but not In time to escape a bite on the rump. This maddened him and he turned, and striking the ass sonare on the right shoulder he nearly knocked him down On he came, but the ass recovered himself. He did not have time to turn around and kick, but he got in a shoulder hitter with his lbre foot It struck the bull a glancing lick on the neck and cut about two inches, from which the blood flowed. A bellow told that the boll was now thoroughly maddened. He went straight for the iack. holding his head low and shaking it. The jack wheeled to kick, but the bull, in anticipation of this, dodged around to his side. He got in a slight blow, which cut several inches of hair fronfciiis adversary's belly. Thus the fight went on with varving fortune, both animals receiving severe "punishment. Both animals were I eginning to feel the heat, but they showed no signs of weakness or cow­ ardice. While the bull was trying to evade the heels of the j:ick he was caught on the rump by bis teeth. He held on, and for a few minutes they were spinning around in a small circle. The hold slipped at last, but with it came a big piece of bull hide and a stream of blood. Im­ mediately the bull wheeled and gave the jack a lick that knocked him down. He followed np, and gored him across the side, cutting a terrible gash, from which the blood spurted. He was about to follow it up with another, when the jack struck him in the eye with his iron-clad fore foot, and completely mashed that organ of eight. This gave him a chance to get up and l<e went for the blind side of that bull like lightning. Both heels struck the bull square in tho side. He staggered, but did not fall. It could bo plainly seen that he was suf­ fering terribly and could not last long, but his grit was still there. The jack led, but the bull struck first and caught his adversary square in the stomach. He pushed on nnd buried his horn. The jack fell as the bull tried to rip bi.r. open, and began yelling, kicking, and biting, but tbe bull pinioned him fr.st At last one of his kicks Btruck the bull on the fore leg and broke it. He fell and they rolled over together. Someone cried "Part them!" but their owners said to let them "fight it out," and fight it out they did. until at last the jack planted his heels firmly on the bull's frontal bone and literally kicked the life out of him. 3*6 TME iktKft DIAMOND. iptonship Grow* Hi lnteregt. THE COLOR LINE. It Bka Been Drawn at Asbary Park--Pea*, trait of Mr. Bradley. The sun's rays beat down with scorching udor on both the black and white popula­ tion of Asbury Park, and despite Mr. Brad­ ley's fiat that the board walk, etc., was ex­ clusively intended for the paying visitor, the colored people defy the decree, and appear as usual on board walk, beach, and pavilion, writes a correspondent from the pretty New Jersey resort. Puck, that has so humorously pictured the situation ot the color line in a recent lsBne, fully explains the dilemma in an amusing sketch. There, black belle jostles her white neighbor as though to the manner and station born--equal. James A. Brad­ ley, the founder and owner of Asbury Park, of course has a legal and moral right, as long as private ownership of land is recognized, to decide who shall and who shall not occupy his private property. Mr. Bradley's offending lies in the charge that he has said that large numbers of colored personB come to the beach every evening; that they monopolize the choioe seats in the pavilion and crowd guests off the board­ walks; that some of them behave improp­ erly, and that many try to make the walks and beach lodging places. Mr. Bradley's words are: "The time is coming, indeed, may have arrived, when some decided ac­ tion must be taken to show our colored friends that the board-walk and the pavil­ ion are private property, to which the owner invites the guests of the thotel, and others, whom he does not invite, will be requested in language not to be misunderstood not to interfere with the arrangements he has made for the permanency of the town and the protection of the capital he has in­ vested. " Mr. Bradley manages the prop­ erty that he has built, and maintains every­ thing at his own expense. He is an acute, shrewd and active business man, and, as the owner of Asbury Park, he has cer­ tainly a right to exclude whom and what he will. THE CHATSWORTH DISASTER. The Railroad Company Has as Yet Done-* Nothing Toward settling for Damages. [Peoria special to Chicago Times,] Mr. E. T. Leonard, President of the To­ ledo, Peoria and Western Railway, was asked what the company would do in the way of settling for damages sustained at Chatsworth. In reply he said it was im­ possible to say as yet what the company would do. Speaking for himself, if the company were liable his own disposition was to make such settlements outside of the courts as enlightened public sentiment would consider reasonable and just. Un­ like many companies, the ownership of the Toledo, Peoria and Western Bailway is distributed extensively among a large number of holders; consequently it takes time to consult the stockholders and ascertain their wishes. Correspondence ie now being actively conducted with them, and the probabilities are that they will be called together in New York as early as possible, when they will consider all the circumstances of the case and determine what shall be done, and the scope of their deliberations would probably decide whether the company was or was not liable, and if so, to what extent. With those ques­ tions answered they would have to decide how to settle claims, and how to raise the money to settle them with. The money would have to be borrowed. The officers are busily engaged getting all the facts of the disaster nnd obtaining full lists of the injured, together with the exact character of their injuries, and all this information and the evidence elicited by the railroad commissioners and coroner will be laid be­ fore the stockholders. Exhaustive Statistic* on Wo#L Col. Switzler, Chief of the Bureau of Statistics, says a Washington dispatch, an­ nounces that he will soon have ready for distribution a work of great importance to the manufacturing as well as the agricul­ tural element of the country. It will be a statistical analysis of the wool industries of every country of the world, in which will be incorporated all the various acts of Congress relating to the tariff on wool and Woolen manufactures from the time that the tax of 1703 was imposed down to the latest revision of 1883. A brief history of the enormous strides made in wool-grow­ ing and wool-manufacturing will be a feat­ ure of the report, and everything of value to the farmer and manufacturer in connec­ tion with wool wLich can possibly be in­ serted in a work of this character will bo added. The Western Olubs in the Eaat-Pitcheirf Md Catchers' Records-Hotel^ ; * of the Game. [CHICAGO COEBE8PONDENCE.] The dose of the eighteenth week of fheK League pennant race for 1887 finds th* Western clubs doing battle upon Easten* grounds with their Eastern rivals; The Detroit team still leads th# - League clubs in the race, and th« Philadelphia team by splendid work has passed Mike Kelly's men in the strng. , gle for front place and is now close upoii the heels of the New York giants for third I place. It would surprise no one to see tho Phillies in third place and leading botU New York and Boston before another week passes. The Chicago team closed its third hom^f season last week npon the Chicago ground^ in the final games of the series begun oil Saturday, the 13th inst., with Detroit, anfl «. it is needless to say that these games will exist for many a day to come in the recol­ lection of all who witnessed them. lit >. team work, in brilliancy of fielding, in wonderful spurts of batting, in base-run^ ning, in splendid pitching, in individual^ and collective playing, the work of thestf , two teams was something which the most gifted pen coold but faintly outline, how­ ever greatly inspired. Each game was a battle of the giants from first to last, an# in attempting to give just credit to those of the players who most deserve it one isjp Euzzled where to begin. With but little esitation, however, it ean safely be that of the twenty or more players who participated in the three games, iaone did nobler work tban did John Clarkson. Starting in upon Saturday, he gave such an exhibition of pitching skill as is seldom seen. Not only •id he show himself master of tha Jball from the pitcher's standpoint, but; without exaggeration it may be said that iip it is possible for ene man to win a ball game, Clarkson accomplished the feat ius the first game of the series with Detroit. In his delivery upon that day he seemed bent upon showing the 13,00(1 people pres­ ent every strategy and peculiarity known in. the science of modern pitching^ and being 5iul nnd systematic familiar, through caref__ study, with the batting peculiarities of every Detroit batsman who faced him, ha was wonderfully effective. It may safely be said, brilliant as his record has been. » that Clarkson never coveved his position i«r such splendid form. He pulled down ancf^ stopped ball-J irom the bat that many at man upon the lines of the diamond would have hesitated before, and with the bat in his hands he was a tower of strength to his team. He went in again Monday andi pitched another winning game, making al­ most as brilliant a record as upon the Saturday before. Be went in again on Tuesday, and al­ though he pitched a great game for Chica­ go, Detroit won by a lucky stroke of bat-;, ting and some really wonderful work iss® the field. To show how determined De-« i troit was to win the third and laBt game of! the series, a little piece of strategy upon the part of Getzein and Bennett--trie De­ troit battery--may be cited. It was full of risk, and might have lost them the game; bnt, fortunately for Detroit, it was suc­ cessfully accomplished, and saved the game to them. It was in the eighth in­ ning, with Pfeffer upon second base and Sullivan upon third, when Williamson came to bat. Three strikes had been calle upon Ed, who throughout the game seeme wholly unable to gauge "Pretzel's" de­ livery. When just as he was al­ most in the act of sending the ball over the plate again, Getz stopped and called Bennett down the path toward him. The two conversed for ten seconds in low tones, Getzein the while glancing toward Sullivan on third'. Then they separated, and Get­ zein, stepping back into the box, sent a ball over the plate on a line with William­ son's head. The next ball was to one side of the plate and low down, with but little^ speed. Nevertheless, it struck Bennett's hand squarely, bounded off about ten feett to obe side (the result of an intentional muff), and Sullivan started iu from third. Getz jumped toward the plato almost at the same moment the ball left his hand, and received tho ball from Bennett, who captured it with a single bound, easily put­ ting Sullivan out at the home base. Then the Detroiters started in for their bench and the AV hite Stockings w ent to the field. The nature of Bennett and G6tzein's little consultation dawned upon the spectators, and a roar of mingled laughs and cheers went up from the big crowd. S nee Chicago's departure for the East it has not played the ball expected of it. Of the four games commenced with Pitts­ burgh, one was postponed by rain with the Pitisburghs in the lead when game was called, two were won by Pittsburgh and one by Chicago. Detroit is playing much too strong a game just now for Chicago to let down in its speed, even a little bit. The following table, showing the work of the prominent League pitchers and catchers np to Aug. 16, inclusive, is of in­ terest: PITCH ER3. Name. Clarkson Keefe Galvln Bad bo urn Casey. Getzein Whitney Madden Huffinton. Welch M. Ualdwtn Ferguson...... Twiichell Boyle Healy Hct'ormick Morris Conway (Boston)... Gil more. Shaw O'Day. Stemmyer Ueorge CATCHBBS. Games, Put out Astd. Errors. Won. Lost Percent. ...5» U •J. 55 ...27 12 309 ...17 16 2.78 ...17 16 3.92 ...16 10 2.57 ...16 9 4.14 ...15 13 2.85 .. .15 1 2.00 ...15 13 3.74 ...15 10 3L72 ...14 14 3.39 ...15 » ii.93 ...19 1 * 3.15 ...10 19 2.72 ...10 so 4.53 ... 8 18 3.80 ... 8 11 4.58 ... f 10 3.47 ... 6 9 3.0* ... 8 12 5.94 ... S 18 4.05 ... * 4 3.58 . . . 8 6 3.50 Clements 31 Bennett IS Gauzel 4fi Tate S3 Flint. 88 Myers 83 l>aiy ae Miller 46 20-2 01 20) 131 KK 125 a* JUM ii 16 60 70 a1 87 90 37 35 11 87 41 e 4 as 64 45 f,V(VTi ' *,> % AT. .865 :S|. .8*2 .881 .808 NOTES AND COMMENT. The New York Club are now looking for new players, and will secure a new pitqher and*catcher within a few days. Big Dan Brouthers has an actual bat- • ting average of .384. He has made twenty- one two-basers, twelve three-basers, and twelve home runs this season. On actual hits Thompson leads the League, with an average of .384. Brouth­ ers is second, with .375. Ward is third, with .3(13; and Wise is fourth, with .357. President A. G. Spalding, of the Chicago Club, pitched in a game with the other League club presidents at Asbury Park Saturday. Mr. Spalding used to be the crack pitcher of the country twelve years, ago, when he pitched with the Boston and Chicago teams, but has 1 ad little time for Eraclice in the box pince he become the ead of th« big sporting goods house of A. G. Spalding Jc Bros. Up to last Monday Ward had stolen 58 bases; Fogarty, 56; H nlon and Glass­ cock, each 42; Kelly, 39; Andrews, 37;, Cahill and Connor, each 34; Ewing, 32; Sunday, 29, Pfeffer, 28; Ryan, C. Carroll, and Gillespie, each 27; Brouthers, Seery, and Nash, each 26; and O'Bourke, 25. The Eeague players who have made 100 or more actual hits number fifteen. They are: Ward, 141; Thompson, 140; Brouth­ ers, 122; Hines, 113; Denny, lid; Wise, 110; Rowe, 109; Kelly, 106; Richardson, 104; Ryan, 103; Connor, 102; Anson, 101: Wood, 101; Nash. 101; Morrill, 100. s 1 fi. Vv, ... /aVV . "h -'I „ „ ^ c.