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• v • 5SB v';t 5v »»i * YV r*P 0, \ *" : •:': -.w ••"'•;•-• '• *./ '••?•; ••' '.• v • «.« Matvi O, MtorsMPuMlsHsr. McHKHl tt, ILLINOIS, THE NEWS.T,- 1 ? Mice Q-athered Xn Win from Every Quarter of tiie Nation. * Few Hews S&ndwichet from Lands Beyond the Ooean. •7^7"' r.K . - NBBRA8KA REPUBLICANS. *V " flfcey Meet In Convention, Nominate Caadl- V- » *1 dates, and Adopt a Platform, t 'T. I*' THE Nebraska Republicans had a lively Wo days' session at Lincoln. The issue "'V\. ^Iras between the railroads of the Statte and /Ihe people. The railroads attempted' to defeat the renomination of Judge Maxwell lor the Supreme bench, and to squelch all % attempts to adopt resolutions favoring an Sxtra session pf the Legislature for ae enactment of additional < railway *'* 'legislation. Five hundred and fifty telegates were present. George D. [icklejohn. of Nance County,, pre­ sided. Judge Maxwell was renominated : « for Supreme Judge with a hurrah, only one ballot being required to settle the matter. The platform condemns a system of reve- *ue that compels the farmers of the West | to pay tribute to the manufacturers of the !East, favors pensioning Union soldiers, Smpathizes with Ireland, commends the 'orte of Parnell and Gladstone, pledges ihe party to submit a prohibitory amend­ ment, condemns the President for his at­ tempt to return the flags, favors the admis­ sion of Dakota, views with alarm the abuse Of the veto power of the President, aud sustains the Board of Transportation in its efforts to secure reasonable freight, and - ; 'passenger rates. & INDEMNITY LANDS. .:plxk Iaportant Soling by the Secretary of die Interior. > THE Secretary ot the Interior has just •llfcndered two important decisions concern- leg the right of land-grant railroads to in­ demnity lands, reversing decisions of tSie Commissioner of the General Land Office. $he first question decided arose upon the adjustment made by the Commissioner of tiie grant for the Chicago, St. Paul, Minne- Sjolis and Omaha Railway. The Commis-oner held that the companv was not enti­ tled to indemnity on account of prior grants for other purposes. The Secretary holds that the company is entitled under its grant to indemnity for all losses which occurred prior to the definite location of the road, SKcept the moieties under contemporaneous grants. The Commissioner also changed the terminal limits of the grant, which the Secretary decides can not be done. The second decision concerns the Bayfield branch, and deals with the failure of the Company to construct its road upon the line of definite location. The Commissioner held that the company had abandoned its 0ant to the extent of such deflection. The Secretary finds that there was reason for ike deflection, and that it did not amount to an abandonment. The effect of the de­ cision is to allow the companv about 204,- «0 acres additional indemnify for the main Bee and abomt 125,000 acres for the Bayfield feranch. fSLEVELAMDl •£ m- 5v,.d(|he Gkfef Magistrate on His Travels--Cor- dlaTTy Received at Wisconsin's Capital. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND and party drove ID Ae Soldiers' Home, near 3 ilwaukee, on Vriday morning, and at 10:30 left for Mad- ^ %on. A rapid run was made, and at 1 ? •'clock the capital of "Wisconsin was •Bached. An enthusiastic crowd of people met them at the depot, and in their eagerness quite overwhelmed the po­ lice force stationed to preserve or- 4er. The inevitable procession followed Soon after the arrival of the distinguished jjuests. Chief Justice Cole delivered an SddreBB of welcome, and the President Responded briefly. Saturday the Piesident Went on a fishing excursion with Mr. Vilas. . Sunday was spent quietly at the home of fhe Postmaster General in Madison. ALASKA FISHERIES. |fi '.' ' f v " i * ' u ' * %r ' , ̂ .Canadian 8eallng Vessels Condemned at Sitka. C' *' THE United States Court at Sitka has jsfi 'Condemned the Canadian sealing vessels > -<•' fcaptured this year, with their cargoes, for |§ ;• illegally taking seals, and decreed their r' j " forfeiture to the United States. The de- fcision seems to rest on the claim of the ifyf* • "r JUnited States, as the purchaser of Russia's lights, to exclusive jurisdiction in Behring's H ' ( «. fees. It is supposed the Dominion author- i 4 cities will cairy the matter to the United % jBtatee Supreme Court for its decision on "that point, and that if the lower court's ac­ tion is affirmed the matter will then be made • the subject of negotiation or arbitration. Germany Halting War on the Socialists. "A DECREE has been issued un der the socialist law declaring a minor state of friege here, and prohibiting the sale on the jstreeta of special editions of papers," Says a Berlin dispatch. "Herr Earth, editor of the Reichxfreund, has been sentenced to three months' imprison­ ment for ascribing the growth of the bad tone of Parliament to Prince Bismarck's false and insulting accusations against the liberals, which the latter were so accus­ tomed to hear that they were no longer ex­ cited thereby." War Probable. THE London SUmdard's correspondent at Tamatave says that the rupture of diplo­ matic relations between the Hovas and France was caused by a dispute with refer­ ence to the exequatur of the American Consul. It is believed that war between the French and the Hovas will BOOM be re­ newed. - i EAST. •5 ;.v*: AUGUST STOEPEL, a well-known mu­ sician in New York and London, died in the foimer city, recently, in the arms of his daughter, Mrs. Henry Miller, known in the theatrical profession as Miss Bijon Heron. , AHABCHY came out second best in an en­ counter with the police at Union Hill, new few York, on Sunday. An anarchist meet- ing had been called, but the police took possession of the hall and refused to admit • the mob. Some of the anarchists made a rush upon the officers, but the clubs of the latter quickly subdued the riot. FOCBTEEN deaths from cholera are re­ ported from New York since the arrival of (he Alesia, eleven days ago, with *l)f scourge on board. There were four deaths j Tuesday. JOHN B. FINCH, of Nebraska, A well- known temperance advocate, died m^wiy at Boston. WILLIAM B. WASHBTRX, ex-Governor of Massachusetts, dropped dead at Spring­ field, in that State, while attending a ses­ sion of the Board of Foreign Missions. THE President's sister, Miss llose • beth Cleveland, has returned to her profes­ sion of teaching, and isengagedin a young ladies' seminary in New York. YOUNG HAWKINS, who murdered his Bother at Islip, Long Island, has made a (all confession, detailing the revolting par­ ticulars of the crime. He thinks he was erased by his mother's opposition to his marriage, and admits that he "deserves the severest punishment." • ' WEST. A MACKINAW CITY (Mich.) special says: The Canadian propeller California, laden with 24,000 bushels of corn and 800 bar­ rels of pork, ran aground. Tuesday morn­ ing, just off St Helena's Island. There were 27 people on board; 13 were saved, and 14 lost The boat is a total wreck. It Is understood she was insured for $25,000. Owen Rourke, a wheelsman, says: "After all hope had been given up, the passengers id crew gathered in the cabin and put on life preservers. I was standing aft when immense sea struck her and threw her over on her side. When she came down she appeared to strike bottom, and the whole cabin eollapsed with a crash." Rourke says he pulled himself into a life-boat and cut it loose. There were eight others in the boat with him. They drifted around the Strait^ four hours, the boat being full of water. A fireman and a passenger from Montreal, who were hanging on the side, were swept overboard and lost A. G. Hawkins, watchman, says: I was in the cabin, lying with the crew and passengers on the floor to keep warm, when the crash came. I made a rush for tho stairway with the reBt. It was a terrible jam. Just as I got out of it the railing gave way and a dozen or more fell to the main deck. I reached a gang­ way and got out. I drifted about till early this morning, when I was picked np by the propeller Faxton." This was the experi­ ence of nearly all the saved. All fcad life- preservers on, and it was a question only of endorance whether they reached the shore a mile distant. Four bodies were ca t up by the waves unconscious, but were revived under careful treatment. It is be­ lieved that there were in all twenty-five persons on the California, of whom thir­ teen were lo6t All of the saved were from Montreal, Toronto, or Kingston, Ont Sioux CITY (Iowa) special: "Sioux City is in gala attire to-night, the occasion being the opening of the corn-pal­ ace jubilee, a celebration gotten up in honor of King Corn, the princi­ pal product of this section. After over a month's hard work on the corn palace, a structure entirely original and very striking in architecture and the uniqueness and originality of its decorations, which are entirely made of corn and the products of file fields, the show opens with the most favorable weather that could be imagined." IN St Louis, on Tuesdav, the President held a general reception for two hours at the Courthouse. After that, with Mrs. Cleveland and a large company, a steam­ boat excursion was made to* Jefferson Barracks. In the evening the President and Mrs. Cleveland attended the ball of the "Veiled Prophets," and immediately afterward took the train for Chicago, leav­ ing at 11:15. The party anived at Chicago Wednesday morning, and were given an enthusiastic reception. DOUGLAS & STUABT'S great oat-meal mill at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was complete­ ly destroyed by fire. The conflagration was caused by an explosion in the elevator leg, probably due to friction. The loss will reach $110,000; insured for $75,000. FIBE destroyed about 4,000,000 feet of lumber belonging to the Girard Lumber Company, of Menominee, Mich., with dockage. The loss will reach $75,000; insurance, $30,000. AMONG the deaths reported recently is that of William Gladstone, a cousin of the English statesman, which occurred near Zanesville, Ohio. He was born in 1831, and came to America forty-eight years ago. LOBES z CHEKET, a prominent farmer of Bock County, Wis., cut his throat and jumped into a creek near his home at Em­ erald Grove. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND made a flying visit to the International Military Encamp­ ment in the western end of Chicago, on Thursday morning, after which he hurried to the Northwestern Depot, and was whirled away in the direction of Milwau­ kee. The scenes along the way from Chi­ cago were of the usual character. At Evans- ton there was a brass band serenade and a triumphal arch of evergreens. At Ra- eine flags could be seen flying over the town a mile away. At smal er stations all the country population roundabout was in waiting, and even the plowmen in the fields had their horses bedecked with flags and ribbons. At Milwaukee an elaborate re­ ception programme had been arranged, and was duly carried out. An immense crowd was waiting at the depot, and the streets along the line of procession were tacked closely with people. Mayor Wall. >er delivered an address of welcome and the President replied as follows: I am very glad to iiuve an oinjortuuity, though the time allowed is very briei, to meet tiie peo­ ple ot Wisconsin's cbiet city, hicee we left lome, and in passing tnrough diflereiit states on our way, tnere nas been presented to us a. variety of pnysical features cbar&cteriatio ot their diversity in soil and conformation. But the people we have met at uli points have been tbs same in their energy and activity, in their local pride, and in that peculiar trait of Ameri­ can character which produces the belief, lirnilv adhered to by every individual, that his par­ ticular place of residence is the chosen and most favorad spot which the world contains. This con­ dition creates an aggregate of sentiment invin­ cible in operation, furnishing the motive power which has brou ght about the stupendous growth and development of uur country. But there has been another element of character dis­ played among the people everywhere on our vavels which has been universal, and not dis­ turbed or changed by any Uiilerence in place or circumstance. No State lines have circum­ scribed, no local pride has distinguished, and no business activity has in tho least stilled tno kindness and cordiality of the people's wel­ come. There is bitterness enough tn the parti­ san feeling which seems inseparable from our lolitic&l methods ; but the good people of the j'nited States have, I believe, decreed that there are occasions when this shall have no place. This is well manifested to­ day in our hearty greeting by the people of Wisconsin and this active, stirring city. Muni­ cipal enterprise has added much to the natural beauty of your metropolis, as is attested by your pleasant streets and handsome homes, With their surroundings. But its great increase in population, its manufactures, and its trade demonstrate that its citizens have not been content with beauty alone. I cannot forget my interest in municipal affaire, arising from an active experience at one time in city govern­ ment; and I find myself very much inclined to scrutinize such statements a* fall under my eye demonstrating their financial condition. Wiih all its extensive public improvements, unless I am much at fault, the city of Milwaukee has less of public debt than any city Of its population in the United States, except­ ing one. In these days, when the temptation to local public extravagance is not often enou gh withstood, you may well be proud of this exhib­ it; and besides the satisfaction which this finan­ cial condition produces, it has a practical side to it. Large enterprises are olten much infiu» •need in their location by such considerations, and they are apt to be established where the burden of taxation is tho least, and where the Share of public indebtedness to be borne by them is the smallest. the las^ there being only wale i it appears that they were not with nlthy lucre. D. F. Gay, of Bart ft Gay, et this Otty, was relieved of S3, and tfae atbM party of a like amount. There wen two laities aboard, one at whom bad over $49, bat the bandit was too gallant to accept It, saying that he never took money from the ladies. He then proceeded to go through the mail-bags, opening every lot. ter, but it ts said only got about #15 all told. He then moved up to meet the ant-going stage, and commanded the parties )ust robbed not to move until he fired nis pistol. After waiting about nn hour the stage pulled np, having eluded the robber by taking a new route. A THRILLING tragedy was enacted in the Circuit Court-room at Chattanooga, Tenn. Sam Branca (colored) had been tried for larceny. As the jury filed into the court-room with its verdict he was noticed to tremble and turn deathly pale. "What is jour verdict?" asked the Judge. "Guilty of grand larceny," replied the foreman. "What is the sentence?" "Five years in the penitentiary." As these words were uttered by the foreman Branch ex­ claimed: "God knows I'm innocent," and, pulling a large knife from his pocket, thrust it into his throat, the blood spnrting over the jury-box and the Judge's desk. The negro was dead in thirty minute!. GENERAL PITCAIBN MOBBISON, a re­ tired officer who entered the regular ser­ vice in 1820, died in Baltimore at the age of 93. • > POLITICS, V r- :;V THE National Greenback party of New York State assembled in convention at Al­ bany and nominated a full State ticket, headed by the Rev. Thomas K. Beecher for Secretary of State. This makes seven tickets in the field those of the Republi­ can, Democratic, Prohibition, George or United Labor, Socialists, and Union Labor parties. The National Reformers propose also to run a ticket. The platform calls for the issue of paper currency to the amount of $50 per capita on the wjiole population of the country, warns owners of Government bonds that unless this is done "the Ameri­ can people's banks will be broken, as there are more chips on the table than there is money in the box to redeem them with." It denounces the Republican, Democratic, and George parties, although it sympa­ thizes with ex-Father McGlynn in his strug- glo against the Pope. Boards of trade are denounced as gambling hells that subvert the morals of society and busioMM. ii i eanctess gaiters. turned- down collar s lit CHICAGO. JtoNrtlM 's Head and His Charn- log Wife Given a Cordial Welcome. Mafntfteefet Parade of Solitary and Cltixens Witnessed by Enor­ mous Crowds. The General Public Received at ihe 4WffUta«r House in a Gigantto % Crush. Two Enormous Receptions -- Women Qhtshed and Many Laia ; Consciousness. r GENERAL. THE National Farmers' Alliance held its seventh annual convention in Minneapolis, with delegates present from Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Da­ kota. THE fire losses for September were $7,937,900, against $6,500,000 during the same month last year. The aggregate losses for the first nine months of 1887 are $93,183,500--$10,000,000 greater than for the same period of 1886. THE National Farmers' Alliance closed its annual session at Minneapolis on Wednesday and adjourned to meet next year in Des Moines. The following officers were elected: President, John Burrows, of Nebraska; Vice President, ex- Senator L. D. Whiting, of Illinois; Secretary, August Post, of Iowa; Treasurer, J. J. Furlong, of Minnesota; lecturer, A. D. Chase, of Dakota. Gen. T. H. Barrett, President of the Minnesota Alliance, presented a long address, which was adopted as the senti­ ment of the alliance. It was devoted chiefly to denunciation of the present railway sys­ tem as producing monopolistic power, to the detriment of the people. Regarding the interstate law, it says: If theTaw proves defective, make it efficient --in no case let it be repealed. Take no step backward, either in State or national legisla­ tion. The Government must control railways as far as such control is necessary to protect the people. It ought to go no further. Dividends upon watered Btocks are a continuous and a cont nucd fraud upon the public, which no laps') of time can condone. Every act of every public railway corporation should be open to public scrutiny. If honestly conducted no pri­ vate interest can be injured ; and if dishonestly managed, the public has a right to know it. Every expenditure, including salaries paid to railway officials, is a proper object for public consideration. The public will be reasonable ; the people pay the bills--they have a right to know where the money goes. Hallway proper­ ty must be taxed as other property is taxed. It should pay its just share of State, county, school, and all other local taxes. There must be freedom of traffic throughout the country. It is not the business of a corporation to direct the course of traffic intrusted to it as a com­ mon carrier ; it is its business to transport it in such direction as the shipper may direct at reasonable rates and for all alike. Facilities at the lowest reasonable cost for interchange of traffic between intersecting or contiguous roads must be provided. Car-load lots should be transferred without unloading. AKOTHEB marine disaster on Lake Erie resulting from the recent great blow is re­ potted. The ill-fated craft was the tug Orient, which went down with all hands near Point au Pelee. Her entire crew were drowned. They were: Daniel Lyons, master; John Davis, first engineer; William Pangborn, second engineer; Ed Kane, mate; P. Dillock, fireman; steward, name unknown. They all belonged to Marine City, where the boat was owned. FOREIGN. IN relation to the case of United States Consul Hatfield, of Batavia, Java, whose arrest by the Dutch colonial officials has been reported, it is learned at the Depart­ ment of State that shortly after his arrest the Consul was found to be insane. CBISPI, Italy's Foreign Minister, says his talk with Bismarck bad no political significance. In an interview, hdwever, Sig. Crispi states that Italy6 like other g)wers, has reason to fear the advance by ussia toward Constantinople, and she could not permit the Mediterranean Jo bo- come a Bnssian lake. SOUTH. MB. MILBTTBN, a prohibition member of the Tennessee Legislature, being at Green­ ville, in that State, remarked that the peo­ ple thereabout had sold out to the whisky men. A yo«ng person of the name of "Ward imprudently disputed the proposi­ tion, and intimated that the legislator was a liar. Whereupon Mr. Milburn tmwutili- ately shot the young man dead. IN Houston, Texas, Mr. B. F. Kegans, Deputy Sheriff, killed John Milienger leading merchant. Kegans owed Miiien- ger $19.49 for groceries, and the latter hav Ing refused to let the amount be increased, the Deputy Sheriff naturally shot him in self-defense. 'f. A SPECIAL dispatch from Ballinger, Tex, gives particulars of an audacious robbery perpetrated by a solitary road agent: The Ballinger and Ban Angelo stage was again robbed last night about eight (piles out from this place by the same lone highwayman who held it up last Thursday night. He was recognized by his voice, his looks, and his bars*. He was not as successful in this as in MARKETREPORim. SEW YOBK. Oimi « 4J0 Hoos. 6.00 WHEAT--Ko. 1 White 8i Mo. 2 Bed .61 COBN--No. 2. .64 OATS--W hite S5 Foaa--New Mess 15.25 CHICAGO. CATTLK--Choice to Prime Steers 6.00 Good 4.0J Common 3.00 Hoos--Shipping Grades 4.00 FLOVH--Winter Wheat S.7.J W-HKAX-- No. 2 Red Winter... .7* CORN--No. 2 4'1 OATS--No. 2 -. *> v» BUTTEII--Choice Creamery..... .21 & Fine Dairy lft n$ CHEESE--Full Cream. Cheddars. .101$ •» Full Cream, new .11^ -» Koos--Fresh 17 & POTATOES --Choice, per bu 70 <9 PORK--Mess MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--Casb COBN--No. 3. OATS--NO; 2 White. BYK--NO. 1 PORK--Mess ST. LOUIS. WHEAT--No. 2 Bed. CORN--Mixed OATS--Mixed PORK--New Mess TOLEDO. WHEAT--Cash "... CORN--Mo. 2 OATS DETROIT. BKEF CATTLE Hoos HHEEP WHEAT--No. 2 Bed CORN--No. i .46 OATS--No. 2 White .80 „r , CINCINNATI. WHEAT--No. 2 Bed 76 COBX---No. 2 44 OATH--No. 2 1............ .28 PORK--Mess 14,25 LIVE HOOS 4,25 _ • HUFFAXIO. WHEAT--No. 1 Hard, old .89 CORN--Mo. 2 Yellow 49 CATTLE 4.00 INDIANAPOLIS. BEEFCATTLB 8.60 Hoos Mi..; 4.2S SHEEP . $.00 0 #.50 e 6.75 14 .80 9 .82 & .58 & .40 vglfi.75 <a 6.50 & 4.60 Hi 8.50 ««• 4.75 & 4.25 Kit .72$ 0 .43 «S .26)4 & .26 .19 ,U>4 .12 18 80 15.60 .70 <9 .71 .43 <9 .43$ .2A«*£ .29$ .48 .50 14.60 015.23 .70$ .71 .39 & .40 .24 .25 14.25 1914.75 .75$ 4 .78 .45 40 .46$ .28 0 .29 8.75 ® 4.50 8 60 « 4.25 4.00 <3 4.75 .74$ 4 .75 were [Special telegram from Chicago.} The President and Mrs. Cleveland gtven an enthusiastic reception by the people of Chicago on Wednesday. The arrangements were generally exceedingly well planned, and were carried out without misadventure of any kind. The prooession was a grand affair, the street decorations taateful and effective, and apparently the best use was made of every nour of the time given to this city by the distinguished visitors. The people upon the streets and stationed at every point where a view of the President and his wife could possibly be expected greatly outnum­ bered those engaged in any similar demonstra­ tion of Interest in and respect for a public per­ sonage that has ever been witnessed here. Whatever there may have been of embittered feeling on account of disappointment in the change of administration, or whatever of party bias may have held sway the day before, all was swept away in one grand, enthusiastic hur­ rah. The office holder and olflce-Bceker joined voices in the demonstration, and the shout of kindly greeting from the sidewalk was echoed and re-echoed from the verandas and windows, and, ascending heavenward, burBt from the very tops of the loftiest buildings. The ladies and children, arrayed in bright colors, added enchantment to the scene, and good cheer was not only seen but felt on every hand. The President himself muBt have been peculiarly impressed by the cosmopolitan character of the demonstration, especially since it was his first visit to any great commercial center west of the Alleghenles. The massive buildings, _ „rtak*f lac their necks. Tbeprloes efcarmd for seals were in some cases enrtbltanti bat there were takers for all of them. "Five dollars secures you , a good seat here, "was the modest song of one philanthropist, who had fitted up a tew tiers of bleaching-Doard s on Wabash avenue. "These seats are for your accommoda­ tion, ladles and gentlemen. The presi­ dent passes here; fine view of the whole procession. Get your lady a seat, sir; only $5 apiece; $10 for the two of ye." The jam seemed to be equal at all points along the line, for there was no place where the crowd did not overflow into the Street and become a solid mass of humanity, so that it was with great difficulty that sufficient space wan cleared to allow the pageant to pass tnrough. The deco­ rations along the line of march were very fine, and many of them in the business heart "of the city were rich ana gorgeous. When President Cleveland and his party preached the reviewing stand, and leavine their carriage climbed upou the new pine platform to confront the chilly east wind, they found Michigan avenue paved -with faces for a long distance to the north and south, The appearance of tho President was a signal lor cheers and long continued shouting. About him on the platform stood Mayor Kocbe, Post­ master General Vilas, and many alderman and ^jrther city officials, while scores of distin- "guished citizens occupied chairs near at hand. A ball of dense smoke suddenly sprung out from the side of the United States ship Michi­ gan, which lay in the .harbor iu plain sifjht from the reviewing stand, her rigging co . ered with fluttering flags and guy bunting. Out of the smoke as it hovered above the water came the short bark of a cannon shot after an inter­ val which seemed strangely long. It was the first gun of twenty-one fired in honor of the President. As the last report of the cannon faded out Mayor Kcche, Bbind ing within arm s length of President Cleveland, delivered a neat address of welcome. President Cleveland in beginning his speech In reply to that of the Mayor advanced to the front of the platform and gave fortli his words in strong tones. The eager thousands about him crowded forward witb great uproar. Men on the platforms sprung up on their chairs and swung themselves nearer in a reckless fashion, until they stood together in heaps, swinging about on their unsteady perches, and occasion­ ally falling to the floor. The consequence was that the great noise rendered the President's voice very inaudible to the throng. His speech was as follows: MB. MAYOR AND FELLOW-CITIZE* S --It was Boon after the election of 1884 that an old resi­ dent of your city was endeavoring to persuade me to pay you a viBit. He met every objection that was offered and adhered most pertina­ ciously to the statement that I should accept the Invitation which he tendered. At last, see­ ing the persuasion was likely to fail, he vehe­ mently broke out with this declaration: "The people where I live don't think any man who has not seen Chicago is fit to be President!" I THE PRESIDENT AMD MRS. CLEVELAND. the towering business blocks, the palatial resi­ dences, the evidences of general prosperity, the oneness of the people, and the magnitude of the Garden City by the lakes, must have im­ pressed him alike. In no other way, probably, or under no other circumstan'ces could so favor­ able a presentation of the "rowdy West," as feeble-minded paragraphers in the K»"-+ are wont to Bay, have been made in so shor at me, and he will be lesB than human if he r*.- uras to the quietude of his Washington home without feeling a greater pride in his position than ever before. The distinguished party, consisting of the President and Mrs. Cleveland, Mr. Bissell, the President's former law partner in Buffalo, and Gen. Vilas, were received at the Twenty-third street depot of the Chicago and Alton Rood by a delegation of Chicagoans, headed by Mayor Roche. An immense crowd had fathered in and about .the depot, and it was with difficulty a way was cleared for the guest-; to pass through. The police shouted until they were hoarse. With might and main they struggled, and finally d|̂ socceed in opening a passage. El AT XOXBOE AND STATE RTRKXTS. Mt. Cleveland stepped down, and, standing aside, allowed the Mayor to aid Mrs. Cleveland to alight. The President and Mr. Bissell were the first to start. They walked, or, rather, ran to the carriage in waiting, followed closely by Mayor Roche and Mrs. Cleveland. The crowd closed iu on the last two, and for the moment Mrs. Cleveland was as one of them. She was crushed in between the lines rather rutblbssly. But she took it good-naturedly, and her trimly encased elbows were nsed with astonishingly good effect in prying open a lane. Postmaster General Vilas, J. W. Doane, Collector Seeberger, Congressmen Lawler and Dunham, Commis­ sioner Donnersberger, Judge Gresham, Erskine M. Phelps, and M. W. tuller scrambled to their carriages in the order named as best they could. The crowd paid no attention to them. The United States cavalry troops, a soldierly appeAMnrg set of men, broke into two phalanxes, one In advance of Cleveland's equip­ age, tho other bringing up the rear of it. When President Cleveland struck the reception at the depot, he saw this was a good-sized, noisy village, but when the Presidential four-in-hand, at ter a brisk trot up Michigan avenue from Thirty-fifth street, reached Twentv-fourth street, the head of the column, he is believed to have remarked to Mayor Roche, "Mayor Hoche, 1 roin whf|t I have seen thus far to-day, and Calculate for the rest of the march I should infer Chicago had about 7,M)J,000 inhabitants." It is believed Mayor Roche said it had. The distinguished guests were driven rapidly east on Twenty-fourth street to Michigan avenue, and thence northward on that thorough­ fare. The broad asphalt roadway of Michigan .81 .77 .45 .28$ have often thought since of this incident, and when it has happened that I felt I had not done for the people and the public all that might be done or all that I would wish to do I have won­ dered if things would not have gone better if I had visited Chicago. Indeed, it has, I be­ lieve, been publicly stated on more than one occasion lately, when the shortcomings of the present Chief Executive were under discussion, that nothing better cot-.Id be expected of a man who had never been west of some designated place or river. Now that I am here, I teel like the Queen of fcheba--the half hasn't been told. My amazement is greatly increased when I recall a little of modem history. In 1833 Chi­ cago was incorporated as a town, and on the question of incorporation thirteen votes were cast, one of them in the negative. I do not know the reason that actuated this negative voter, but if he were here to-day I think he would be heartily ashamed of himself. I must confess that the consideration of the arguments made by my friends from Chicago indicates the loyalty and that true feeling and pride of which your city is so striking a monu­ ment. All have heard of it. if they have not Seen it, for I think that every one of your citizens has organized himself into a com­ mittee of one to spread its glory abroad. You have said: "The President should see Chi­ cago." I am here to see it, and to see its Kind and hospitable people ; and because your city is so great, and because your interests are so large and important. I know that you will permit me to say that I have left at homo a city which you should see and know more about; a city which, in point of fact, it would be well to keep your eyes closely upon all the time. Your servants and your agents are there ; they are there to protect your interests and to aid you in furthering your welfare. Your ceaseless activity of hand and brain will not yield the results you deserve unless wisdom guides the councils of government, and unless your needs are regarded at the seat of the Government--tho nation's capital. Let me counsel you that a careful and thoughtful ac­ tion on political privielges is not only a safe­ guard against business disast r, but as well the highest obligation of citizenship. Then th'? review of the procession began. Mounted troops with sabers, regiments of uni­ formed infantry 011 foot, poste of Grand Army Veterans, battalions of police, patrol wagons, firemen with their engines bearing lavish decorations--all marclied past with numberless bands of music. The President removed his hat as each section of the great proce.- sion saluted him in turn. He stood at Mayor Roche's side for an hour and a half while the thousands of marching men were hurrying past. Occasionally the enormous thrones of people surged into the line of march and tem­ porarily broke up the parade. The policemen chased the mob hither and thither, pushing it about, bruiBing it, and driving it away like sheep. At last the long procession marched away and disappeared forever. As the last tile of men passed the reviewing stand the great ocean of people surged in upon the street, engulfed the policemen, and left them struggling help­ lessly amid the breakers which rolled up to the feet of the President. A long battle between the officers and the mob fol­ lowed. The former suffered inglorious de­ feat The people ware clamoring to shake attached a ready-mada tie his laft hand was a h*ndkerehi«f o< ganeroua proportions and snowy whiteness. Taxing up a position to the right at the stalraase be waitsd a moment to allow the ladle* who war* tora- ceive to step into the beautifully decorated rendarrous partitioned off tor their comfort. Mrs. Cleveland was given a ehalr beside a huge pillow to the right, and for the first half hour at the reception remained seated. By her % MTIlWim THE r ASA Da. Side stood Gen. Breckenrldge and Judge Tuley, while gathered abo'.it her in different positions were the ladies comprising the reception com­ mittee. Each was provided with a hnce bouquet of rare flowers. Jn a few moments the throng from the out­ side began to file in, two abreast. There were representatives of sverv station in life and every nationality before the President. Young and old crow ded and pushed to get one brief clasp of his broad hand, and to briefly express their well wishes for liis welfare. During the two hours and a half it is estimated that he shook at least 7,0J0 different persons' hands. Among the many who presented themselves was the Douglas Camp of the Veteran Associa­ tion, currying with ttiem an old ta4teed and bullet-tjrn flag that had waved over the Elev­ enth Kansas Volunteers a score and more years a^o. As the comrades passed before the President the commander handed a small piece of tho precious trophy to Mrs. Cleveland and asked nor to keep it in remembrance of the 00- casion. Inc.dents without numbor kept up a continual interest in the reception that would otherwise have become very tiresome to the President and the reception committee. At tne request of Mrs. Cleveland, Potter Palmer handed the President a glass of water. Grasping it with his left hand, he attempted to secure a dritik, but eager hands tugged and pulled at him t > such an extent he was unable to get the gin ss to hi« lips for but a single in­ stant, and tue endeavor was given up after one draught had been secured. Musical selections were rendered by the regi­ ment 11 band overhead during the entire time the President received. During tl» progress of the levee the jam in the Palmer House was immense. If the crusb inside the building was exciting the jam out. side near the ladies' entrance was actually terrible. Monroe street from State to Wabastt avenue was actually choked np. It was not a loose, moving crowd," but literally a solid mass of human flesh. Its size made it brutal. Women and children were sucked into this shifting mass only to find that they could neither advance nor refireat. Husbands were separated from their wives, and children were carried away from the side of their parent* and only saved from being trampled to death by some strong tellow taking compassion on them. Every few minutes men fought their way out of the crowd, carrying children whom they did not know what to do with when they got out. The women in the crowd began to faint, An epidemic of faints seemed at hand. Women in different parts of the crowd shrieked and swooned away. They'could not fall becaust the crowd y;as so dense. When the first woman fainted a champagne bottle fille.l with ice water was lowered from an upper story of the Palmer House by a cord. The crush was s > great that water could not be taken to the Bufterer any other way. Later, pitchers of water were lowered with ropes. The scene as viewed from the roof of the build­ ings opposite the Palmer House was a strange one. It was a perfect sea of black hrtts. with here and there a bit of rubber or a gay feather bobbing about like a painted buoy, and indicat­ ing the presence of a frightened woman. As the reception progressed the crush grew worse and worse. Men trampled on weak women and children, and squeezed and packed them in and around the entrance door like figs in a box, until at last, overcome by the heat, the press­ ure, and excitement, first one, then another and another dropped, 'faintingfand worn out* Until nearly two hundred had fainted and been borne out of the crowds on the shoul­ ders of strong men or passed along until they reached a door or window of some building where they were taken in and restored to consciousness. About forty fainting ladies were taken into the Chicago Club building, twenty-five of whom were handed in through the front windows. Others were taken into the basement, the drug stores, bath-rooms, back alleys, and everywhere and anywhere, just so a breathing space could be found where restoratives could be administered. At about 4 .vto j). m. Lieutenant Fitzpatriok at the central detail came hurriedly into the hotel and adviBed the committee that the crowd outsido was increasing at a rapid rate and ho bad been advised that a num­ ber of serious accidents bad occurred in the crowd and several ladies had fainted. To an inquiry by Mr. Fuller Lieutenant Fitzpatrick said thiit in hi3 judgment serious injury would result unless the crowd was at once dispersed, and it was decided to havo Mr. and Mrs. Cleve­ land show themselves from the windows of the hotel and end tho promiscuous hand-shaking until evening, when another installment was to be gone through with for three more hours. At 4:11) p. m the Monroe street doors weie closed to new-comers, and tue President and wife, accompanied by the escort committee^ repaired to the upper floor, Stepping through an open window fronting on Monroe street. President and Mrs. Cleveland looked down upon thousands of men, women and children who had hoped to get a cliance to shake him by the hand before the reception was over. Cheer after cheer went up from the crowd. Parasols were waved, hats and handkerchiefs thrown into the air, in a wild enthusiasm never before witnessed in Chicago. In the evening there was an informal recep* tion at the Columbia Theatre, which had been arranged by and for the benefit of Chicago " society people." The house was magnificently decorated, and there were plants and flowers in profusion. It was by far the most elaborate WHEAT--No. 2 Bed COBN OATS--Mixed _ _ EAST lilBEBTT. QATTLE--Prime Commoi!!.'.',".".","!!! 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A cheer from tens of thousands of throats rent the air and swelled and echoed northward along the avenue, while handkerchiefs and starry flags by the hundred and the thousand fluttered and waved from windows and house­ tops, and the 1 "resident's carriage drove in view. It was drawn by four horses, spirited and prancing, with postilions, and contained, be­ sides Piesident Cleveland and his wife, Post- master General Vilas and Mayor Koche. The President sat in the rear seat with his head uncovered, and at his left was "the first lady of the land." There was a gratified and self- complacent look 011 his faee. and a proud but restrained smile added interest aud kindliness to her handsome and expressive face Both, however, looked a little travel-worn, but the brightness and heartiness of the scene re­ flected its tones in their faces. Following the President's carriage came one which attracted an interest only second to that which rested upon his own. This contained Gen. Terry. U. S. A.; Col Daniel I.amont, Col. George F. Bissell, of Buffalo, President Cleve­ land's former law partner, and Dr. J. 1). Bryant. Following these came the grand urocession, the first part consisting of cavalry, infantry, and artillery. Then came various civic societies, the Foresters making the finest display. The procession was over an hour in passing a given point, and must have embraced at least 25,000 people. The crowds that turned out to view the pro­ cession and get a glimpse of the President was something enormous. All the streets on the line of march were lined with men, women, and children. Windows, door-ways, balconies, house-tops, and sidewalks were filled. Trees, telegraph-poles, and lumber-piles were black with boys, who held on to uncomfortable posi­ tions with wonderlul tenacity and waited. Stylish equipages and farmers' wagons ran against each other for places where the occu­ pants could see the distinguished guests as they passed. On Michigan and Wabash ave­ nues, and, in fact, on all the streets included in the line of march, enterprising individuals coined money by renting seats constructed on vacant lots, on verandas, and upon the roofs of IP T • THE SCENE ON MICHIGAN AVESl'lt. the hand of the President, and when he leaned over and grasped one of the many bunches of fingers which were thrust up at him from the street an approving huzza swept along the avenue. More hauds were shaken, but the supply of unshaken ones multiplied with such rapidity that it was use­ less to attempt to satisfy their owners. All efforts to force an entrance for the Presi­ dent's carriage were unavailing It stood some distance down Michigan avenue, and there was no hope of getting it through the throng. The people refused to go away. Those on the platform at*the Presi­ dent's back were pressing forward, ciimbing over chairs, crushing tables, and hurling each other to the floor in their eagerness to get nearer to the city's distinguished guest. The only possible way to bring the tumult to a close was the one seized upon. The President and Mayor Boche descended to the street and elbowed their way through the cheering mass to wli"re the carriage stood. They then entered it and were driven away as rapidly as the crowds woul<"fk>ermit. The decorat.ons along the line of march were profuse, magnificent, imposing. The sunshine of the perfect day glinted and flashed across the national colors, gilt stars, shields, and emblems that were displayed in bewildering confusion from every point of vantage. It would be mani­ festly impossible to give in detail a description of all of the elaborate and beautiful decora­ tions. Mrs. Cleveland was taken ill and left her car­ riage before the reviewing stand was reached. The president was driven to the Palmer House after reviewing the procession, where he was pleaeed to find that Mrs. C. fiad completely re- example of floral decoration that has ever been accompl shed in Chicago. Here the President went through a three hours' hand-shaking. 'Si*. To MAKE file handles of bass wdod, do not burn the hole; bore a small hole aDd force the tong in; the.y will not split if care is taken. In the file line yon want as new files one 14-inch flat; one l:'-inch half found; one 8-inch fiat; one 8-inch half round; one each, C-incli, J-'-inch, and 10-inch round and square, all bastard cut. Next to these in the new line, one 12-inch fiat, secotid cut or mill or float, one 10-inch half round the same, one 6-inch saw file, and one each second cut fine at 4-inch; flat, half round, and round for sharp­ ening bits, drills, etc. As the last- mentioned are delicate tools, they must be kept off the bench and where they will not become broken. Always chalk at the butt one side of all flat files, so that you can always tell readily the side unused. -- Carriage Monthly A CBOW bar--Patting • mauls « ft rooster. 'ATE NBWSL --Pontias is arranging to hold a farmer*" institute soma time during the winter months. --Elder Jacob Wagoner, one of the i ops of the German Baptist Church, mtfU found dead in his bed, east of Decatur, re-'?8 oenily. He was 70 years of age, and had-1 been married four times. l| --Charles Howlett, a oontractor and: ̂ builder of prominence, has dimppearedF' from his home at Freeport. His account! •re in excellent shape, and no reason can. ba assigned for his departure. ; --A pumpkin measuring 6 feet 2 inches! ̂ in circumference, and weighing 105Jr pounds, is on exhibition at Tolono, Cham-. PM«n County. It was grown on the farm: « StPn®> am>le and a half from Tolono. , | .. ~J_oe AbeIe» »*» Italian, who was sent to* - ! the Joliet prison in March last for I years for a desperate attempt to murder a fellow-countrvman at Braidwood, and who; was recently transferred to the insane lum at Kankakee as an insane convict, re-t-:"| cently escaped from that institution and i« {I now at liberty. He is a dangerous to /'* be at liberty, and photographs and descrip­ tion* have been sent In all directions forC % his recapture. --The Central Illinois Methodist Episco- i pal conference at Macomb has closed its session. Among the most important ap-:,;M poinlments are: Galesbarj?, G. J. Luckey; Macomb. E. G. Pearce; Kankakee, Conrad; Haney; Pekin, V. c. Randolph; Peoria, | G. C. Wilding, A. K. Tullis, Alexander Smith, and W. K. Ferguson; Kewaunee, S. Van Pelt; Moline, M. C. Bowlin; Bock Island, G. W. Gue, and D. C. Martin; El Paso, Y. C. Shaffer; Streator, £. 8. Wilson; Wenona, Edward Wasmuth. --The following Chicagoans have teen granted patents: John B. Atwater, cyclone destroyer; Edward J. Colby, electric alarm clock; Charles E. Davis, seal lock; David M. Haywood, shaft coTering; Gus Knecht, barbers' chair; August Larson, necktie fastener; George W. Leven, subterranean electrie line system; John N. Lighthall, lubricator, Orland D. Orris, furnace door; George R. Ettig^type rubbing machine; John Q. C. Searle, means for heating rail­ way cars; JohnF. Steward, molding room; Samuel K. 'yvhite, planing nlachine; Wal­ ter B. Wright, hydro-carbon furnace. --There is a flourishing Presbyterian church at Sidney, Champaign County, composed entirely of women. They built a handsome little chapel and dedicated it substantially free from debt. There were no men to hold the offices, which have been vacant a year. The little church became a sort of elephant on the hands of the Bloomington Presbytery, which recently appointed a committee to complete the or­ ganization. Public interest is chiefly con­ cerned as to the possibility of hustling up some male members, or whether all custom will be disregarded and the women who have so abundantly earned the right to rule their own church will be elected to the el-. derships. --Odell is wrought up to a high pitch of excitement over the fate of Willie Vaughan, a weak-minded yonng man, well known for miles around on account of his peculi­ arities. He left home one afternoon M* cently to take a 6hort ride with a farmer. When they had gone two miles he left the buggy to go home on foot. He has not since been heard from, notwithstanding the untiring efforts of scores of horsemen to get news of him. His fate is a mystery to all. Some persons believe that he muBt have died from exposure, while others hold that he is still wandering, having got be­ yond the sphere of his acquaintance. He belongs to a good family, who are now fairly frantic with suspense and grief. --The following pensions have been granted in this State: Minors of Rodney F. Jay, Chicago; Amelia J., widow of Cal­ vin B. Di?bon, Murphysboro; Martha M., mother of Moses Holt, Lilley; Martha, widow of Thornton Burgess, Hinesboro; Ellas W. Miller, Raymond;, Alexander N. Hathaway, Hartsville; Wm. J. E. Byers, Altamont; Francis M. Ross (insane), Jacksonville; H. Henry Peterson, Chicago; George W. Burns, Mattoon; At- well Cowsert, Shetlerville; Frederick Wal­ ter, Anna; David Cohlran, Kempton; Geo. H. Orris, Triumph; Nelson E. Powell, Sullivan; Martin Pritchett, Graysville; Overton L. Land, Equality; Danforth G« Wakefield, Honey Creek; John D. Gaddy, Olney; Martin Goodman, Athens; Frederick O. Clark, Momence, Lafayette Payne, Wheeler; Franklin Strickland, Allentown; John H. Pierce, Manchester; Cortland W. Doughty, Ashkum; William Conrod, Mon- ticello. --A strange aocident. ooonrred in the presence of hundreds of persons near the corner of Clark and Kinzie streets, in Chi­ cago, reoently. A long string of wagons and cars were moving along Clark street and a man started to cross the street through' a gap in the line between a truck and an express wagon. A car in front of the latter vehicle stopped at the corner and the expressman was obliged to pull up suddenly, just as the man was crossing. The tailboard of the wagon was down. It caught the unfortunate fellow on one side of the bead, and at the same instant the pole of the truck struck him on the other, ami he was killed standing upright before the eyes of a thousand horrified people. His head was crushed in like a shell. The truck driver hastily pulled back and the limp body of (he unfortunate tumbled to the ground* --The Mayor of Chicago has decided to advertise at once for bids for constructing so much of the new water tunnel as will be in the lake, four miles as contemplated, without any special reference to the ulti­ mate location of the pumping-works. The tunnel will be specified as extending from some point on the Lake Front Park, the point to be hereafter determined. Its diameter is to be eight feet, with a capacity of about 100,0(K),000 gallons daily. This capacity is nearly as great,as the other two tunnels combined, one of which is seven feet and the other five feet in diameter, the rule being that the capacity is proportioned to tho square of the diameter. The cost of the lake end of the tunnel will not be far from $150,000 per mile, and the necessary pumping-engines will eost about $500,000, aside from the building, foundations and grounds. It will be fully three years be­ fore any water can be pumped through the new system, even if they begin work at once. The tunnel will be constructed brick, with thirtten-inoh walls.;