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*.M««.YKK. till H Po«t»har. THJB NEWS. « srp, m -,rl .'v -^y.: ^/-"O ^.. «,'? <mm "; " «• i*^-' friatuaeaitr ILLINOTS. „ Gathered In by Wirt from Eray Quarter of the Nation. ,-*-v ft Few News Sandwiches Lands Beyond the Broai Ocean. LATEST DISPA' BLOWN TQ ATOMS.; TTT X«A Killed by Explosions of Gunpowder and Dynamite. * A Ylor,EWTcxplosion occurred at Dupont's >owder Works at Wapwallopen, twenty WILES from \V ilkesbarre, Pa., and six SEN Were instantly killed. The explosion took jtfeoe in the packing house, where several I of powder had been stored. Besides killed over forty persons were injured, e killed were blown to pieces, and only : portions of their bodies have been foud. There were two tons of powder in tfee building. No trace of the packing boose It left, not even the foundation. Socks weighing over a hundred pounds blown to the top of a mountain a jpttter of a mile away. Dupont's loss and v , jbe lew of some thirty .buildings, more or lew •battered, is several thousand dollars. Other Explosions. THE boiler of a traction engine on the Arm of hpn Hackleman, near Wabash, Ind., exploded with fearful effect and instantly killed J. T. Smith and Joel Hale. Three Other men were severely injured by the Hying debris. Pieces of the wrecked boiler Were picked up a quarter of a mile away. A KSO of blasting powder exploded in a camp of laborers working on the Peoria * intension of the Lake Erie and Western, aear Mackenaw, I1L, and Robert McCor- nish was fatally injured and Joseph Knight and Thurston Smith dreadfully boned. LIVE STOC& Animal Wealth-**® of a Year. A WASHINGTON dispatch says the Feb­ ruary statistical report of the Department of Agriculture relates to the numbers and Walttea of farm animals. There is a re­ ported increase in horses, mules, and cat­ tle, and a decrease in sheep and swine. The largest rate of increase is in horses, 5 per cent., and it is general throughout the country, though largest west of the Missis­ sippi. The aggregate exceeds 13,000,000 The increase in mules averages 3^ per ©eat.; the increase in cattle is 2$. It makes the aggregate over49,000,000. The increase is nearly as large in milch oows as in other cattle. In sheep the decline appears to be between 2 and 3 per cent., the aggregate of Hooka being about 43,500,000. There is a •mailer decline in numbers of swine, less than 1 per cent, leaving the aggregate 44.- 400,000. The aggregate value of all farm 'ttiinab is $8,000,000 more than a year ago: THE PEACE OF EUROPE. AltaUag is Bassia that There Is Ne Dan­ ger of War. A ST. FETEBSBUBO dispatch says: "The Graakdanin states that it is informed on 4rastworthy authority that there is no ground to apprehend war. The verbatim report of Prince Bismarck's speech, pub­ lished here, has produced a much deeper impression than did the telegraphic sum- nuay first received. It is reported that Gen. Bochter Chief of Imperial Head­ quarters, Gen. Gonrke, Governor of War­ saw, and Gen. Kostanda, oommander of the St. Petersburg district, advise against 4he farther advanoe of troops westward." Bepublieaa National Convention. "TH* BepaUican managers who have iie«a in the oily arranging the preliminary details for the National Convention have concluded their work, and gone home,* •ays a Chicago special of Saturday. Gen. FttSrSimons, a strong Blaine man, was chosen Sergeant-at-arms over Captain Heejy. a Sherman adherent. Several of tils members of the sub-committee visited the Auditorium building, and were de­ lighted with the facilities which the Audi­ torium proper will furnish for the con- - They were all thoroughly I with the adaptability of the struct­ ure to convention purposes and that it will be the best hall in the country for that use. ww. Peck the moving spirit in thic great boilding enterprise, assured the members that work would be prosecuted on the structure night and day from this time forward, and that no doubt need be enter­ tained that it would be ready in ample Lynched in a Saloon. XIKBUEY (Kansas) special: "AcMfHonal information is at hand concerning the mur­ der of J. B. Brasher at Bever, in No Man's Land. His murderer, named A. J. Morris, • pursued and captured, being hanged i rafter in the leading saloon, in the ISeitoe of a large crowd." Dalnffa of Congr!--» Mm. PXEKXNS' resolution, directing the Post­ master General to report to'the House regard­ ing the complaint* from the West because of defective mail service, and whether the uneat- i-iSfactory service resulted from the employ- -•mmtt of inexperienced and incapable employes at insufficient appropriations, was passed by tnt House of Representatives on the iiitb in at. The Bouse passed the Senate bill authorizing the appointment of Andrew I). White as a re- feat el Che Smithsonian Institution, and the Mil granting right of way through Indian Ter­ ritory the Choetaw Coal and Kailroad Com- W»y. Favorable reports were mado on a bill *>create an arbitration board to settle the dif­ ference* between the United States and Texas, ; IjjMacding Greer County, Texas, and the reso­ lution calling on the Secretary of W ar for in- IllUUiatjon relative to the alleged obstruction 4* the Wabash Hi ver by a bridge of the Ixrais- villeand Evansville Kailroad Company. The ~ii not in session. EAST. TH* formation of the great proposed trust is now a question of only • fgtew days, says a New York telegram. lose concerns which can manufacture yrebber goods at the lowest rates will I* : -^nn#d in operation, while the otheri shut down. The factories kept in |#||»rat|on will make different grades oi 1 i, with the result of making more I With less labor and at a much smallei Instead of 8 and 'J per cent, profit, present, the linns interested will then ble to renlisae over 15 per cent, annual­ ize formation of this trust will have • great results. The profits for the „ lucers will become higher and several lltaaBd workmen will then be thrown out ployment without any other resources i back upon. The combine involves ?y«Sdng capital of $50,000,000 and an * " trade of $110,000,000. people were killed and thirteen ibl a smash-up on the New York, tvania and Ohio Railway at Steam- , * Station half-way between Saitiman- i Jamestown. The lightning express Jftfilest train on the road--was half an and tore through the little town " 'ffenitic rate of speed. While a freight train which n side-tracked the en- the express struck a broken frog, ' i»aesed aafel/,kiit ibe " v' coach left the Jraek and crashed into the freight oabooee, the sidee of both care be­ ing torn to splinters. On that Bide of the ooaeh sat Mies Hattie Abbott, aged 20, and two relatives, Mn. Cyrus BaUey and Miss Bessy Battey, all three of Sheffield, 111. Miss Abbott was killed almost instant­ ly, Mrs. Battey was dangerously injured internally, ana Miss Battey was slightly hurt There were about a dozen passengers in the car, and not one escaped injury. In the caboose of the freight train the crew sat eating their dinner. Four men were on the aide next the express train. Two of them--Conductor George Ellis and Brakeman James Dean, both of Meadville --were killed. Brakeman II. Shaffer, also of Meadville, was terribly injured and can hardly live, while the fourth man mir­ aculously escaped without a scratch. A number of freight cars were completely demolished. Thirteen persons were more or less seriously injured. STEPHEN J. MEANT, the Irish patriot, Who was editor of the Evening Democrat ft )E»te4>qffT, Conn., is dead, • , ' W E S T . * ^ " • • PiiAixviEW fKeb.) special: *$I1SB Louie M. Boyce, the school-teacher who laid on the prairie all night during the recent bliz­ zard, with three of her pupils, all of whom died in her arms, had both fest amputated here on Tuesday. Her left arm is badly deformed by large pieces of flesh dropping off, but physicians say it will probably not be necessary to amputate it." A SAN FRANCISCO dispatch says. that EL P. Noyes left Bound Valley, on snow- shoes for Bodie, taking four days' rations and his dog. Nearly three weeks after­ ward his dog returned alone in a starving condition. Friends started out on the trail and found the dead body of Noyes in Bock Creek Canyon, lying on his face in the snow. The dog stayed with the body two weeks without food, although the rations which Mr. Noyes had taken with him were lying by his side. The track which the dog had beaten around the body and out­ side coyote tracks clearly showed the animal had been defending the body, and, although food was lying witbin reach, wonld not touch it without his master's permission. FIVE permanent injunctions were or­ dered at Dubuque, Iowa, on Thursday, against saloons, being the first granted arter the continuous effort made since the prohibitory law was passed. The defend­ ants tiled supersedeas bonds, and will keep open until the decision in the iinal court. Suits are now pending .against nearly every saloon in the city. THE O'Neal <fc Price Belting Company, Of Cincinnati, has failed for $40,000. MBS. O. H. BOTHACKEB, daughter lot the late Sterling P. Bounds, died at Om­ aha. AT Dubuque, Iowa, Barney Kennedy, twice convicted of wife murder, was jeti* tenced to be hanged March 1,1889. Pa., between the non-union men at the Solar Iron Works and the strikers. Pistols wen used, and three persons were shot, o n e , r b e y , i t i s t h o u g h t f a t a l l y f ; ' f 1 BLAINE WILL NOT BUN. j ; JL RIPE OLD AGE. •r • FOREIGN. SOUTH. Toif Eii&iB, editor of the Birmingham, Ala., Herald, was shot by Detective Sul­ livan for publishing a libel. Six children of Lester Singletary, of Columbus County,' South Carolina, were burned to death while their parents were attending chutth. A BIRMINGHAM (Ala.) special says: Tom Ellis, editor of the Hornet, who was shot by Detective Sullivan, is dead. How he lived so long after being shot is a mystery even to physicians. His pulse ceased to beat thirteen hours before he died, and three hours before he stopped breathing his limbs were cold and rigid. Internal hemorrhage was the immediate cause of death. Ellis was editor of the Hornet, a weekly paper which has very generally been considered a disgrace to Birmingham. He made a bitter personal attack on Detective Sullivan. The two met in a saloon, drew pistols^simultaneously, and "fought to a AN Ishp^ming (Mich.) dispatch says "a lawsuit, with millions on each side, over what promises to prove a valuable gold property, is pending. The property is a forty-acre tract near Ishpeming, adjoining the Lake Shore Superior Company's find, where quartz assaying §40,000 to the ton was discovered last summer. The Michi­ gan Gold Company, formed by Cleveland and Chicago men, dispossessed by force the Pittsburg and Marquette syndicate, claiming the property, and have since had a large force of men at work." WASHINGTON* A#febhas been introduced-iillf ably reported by the House Committee on Postoffice to provide for a Fourth Assist­ ant Postmaster General, says a Washing­ ton dispatch. The investigation which preceded the reporting of this bill fur­ nishes a very interesting exhibit of the growth of the country since 183G, when a similar bill to relieve the First Assistant Postmaster General was passed by cre­ ating the office of Third Assistant Post­ master General. In that period the num­ ber of postoffices has increased from 11,- 000 to 55,000; the extent of post routes from 118,264 miles to 473,142 miles; the revenue of the department from $3,408,323 to $48,837,609; the expenditure of the de­ partment from $3,841,765 to $53,1)06,194; the amount of salaries to Postmasters from $812,803 to $11,929,481; the amount paid for transportation of mails from $1,638,052 to $29*106,508. POLITICS^ THE Republican State Central Commit­ tee met at New Orleans on Tuesday and filled the vacancies on the ticket, which, reconstructed, will stand as follows: Gov- ernor, Henry C. Warmoth of Plaquemine; Lieutenant Governor, Andrew Hero of Orleans; Auditor, James Foray the of Cata­ houla; Treasurer, Benjamin F. Flanders of Lafayette; Secretary of State, John F. Pat­ ty (colored) of Terrebonne; Attorney Gen­ eral, Robert Ray of Ouachitn. The com­ mittee decided that the office of Su­ perintendent of Public Instruction was non-political, and voted to support Joseph A. Breaux of Iberia, the Democratic candi­ date for that position, Warmoth an­ nounces his acceptance of the nomination for Governor in a public letter. He is in strict accord with most of the principles enunciated in the Democratic State plat­ form. He favors white supremacy, prom­ ises the retention of faithful servants in office, and advises Republicans in local contests to vote for the best man, hoping that Democrats will do the same. THE Democratic members of the House met in caucjis in Washington on the 8th inst, and elected the following Con­ gressional Committee: Alabama, James T. Jones; Arkansas, Thomas C. McKac ; Caliiornia, T. Ii. Thompson; Con­ necticut, H J. Vniico; Delaware, J. 11. l'eu- ninuton : i lorida, R. H. M. Davidson ; <>tsor^ia, '!'• • Grimes ; Illinois, It. W. Townsbend ; In­ diana, Benjamin F. Hhively; Iowa, W. L Hayes; Kentucky, W. P. Tauloee ; Louisiana, M. I>. lagan; Maryland, Barnes Compton; Michigan, H. O. Fisher; Mississippi. J. Ai. Allen; Minnesota, J. I*. MacDonald; Missouri, Jitunes N. Burnos; Nc-braskii, J. A. McHhane ; New Harn> Bhiro, IJ. F. McKin- ney; Now Jersey, William MeA<1oo; New York, L. IS. Bryce; North Carolina. F. M. t-iiuona ; Ohio, lieriah Wilkins ; fcoutti Carolina, Kamuel Dibble ; Tennessee, Benton McMillin; Texas, "W. H. Martin; Virginia, (i. I). Wise: West Vir­ ginia, K. Hotii^; Wisconsin, Thomas it. fiudd; Arizona, M. A. Smith: Montana, J. K. Toole; New Mexico, A. .losopb; Utah, J. T. Caine; Washington Territory, C. 8. Voorhees. LABOR WAR is raging between the striking miners at Shenandoah, Pa., and those who are employed there. THE strike at the Illinois Central yards at Centralia, 111., has been prajtially patched up. A COLLISION took place at Pitfath^RGH THE British Parliament reassembled at London on Thursday. The Queen's speech was read bjf- the Royal Commissioner. After congratulating the country upon the pacific foreign relations, she announces the intention of the Government to intro­ duce a bill declaring squares and thorough­ fares unsuitable for public gatherings, a bill of broad scope dealing with Irish land valuation, and an English local-government bill. The speeoh expresses satisfaction at the dimi­ nution of crime and the improved social condition of Ireland. Other measure*an­ nounced are bills relating to land transfers, tithes, amendment of limited liability com­ panies' acts, employers' liability for acci­ dents, and improved technical education. The speech does not refer to the European crisis. Reference to foreign relations is devoted chiefly to the Afghan boundary settlement and the sugar bounties con­ ference. THE announcement thet Prince Bis­ marck would speak on the military bill attracted an enormous crowd to the vicini­ ty of the Reichstag, says a Berlin dis­ patch of the 7th inst. Long before the day's business began the galleries were filled to overflowing. Prince Bismarck was enthusiastically greeted on his way to the Reichstag palace by dense crowds which lined the route. When he entered the Reichstag he was received with deaf­ ening cheers. Th6 House proceeded with the first reading of the military loan bill, and Prince Bismarck arose to address the House. He said; I do not b«li«v« lean add anything to the true state of th* eas* regarding the bill. I do not address you on that account. My object is to speak of tM ganaral situation of Europe. I may confine myself to referring to what I said on tha same subject over a year ago. There has been very little change Bins* then, when I feared war with France. Siuoo then France has elected a peace-loving President, and a pacific disposition has prevailed. 1 can, there­ fore, reaaaure the public that so far as Franco is concerned the prospect has become more peaceful, ltegarding Kusaia also I am of no other opinion than when 1 said that we have to apprehend no attack from Bussia The situation must not ba jiui^fd lroui preus com­ ments. The Kusaian newspapers I do not be­ lieve. I believe the Czar's word absolutely. The situation on the whole ia no' different from that of l(S7a. I grant that the < concentra­ tion of Russian troops on the front.er may appear serious, but 1 perceive no cause oi' pretext for a Huasian or Kuropean war. Kus- fcia has no Interest to conquer Prussian or Aus­ trian provinces. Indeed, 1 go so far in my con­ fidence as to ^ay that even a war witu France wonld not necessitate a war with liusbia, although the latter eventually would involve tne former. It is trae that I cannot demand an explanation from the Russian Foreign Office regarding the concentration of troops on the frontier, but having been well acquainted with Kussia s foreign policy for a generation I may h ive my own opiniou of the matter. I believe the Huasian Cabinet intends to make Russia s voice heard at the next European crisis, and, therefore, wishes to push her military forces as far westward as possible. Prince Bismarck then reviewed the re­ lations of Prussia with Russia since 1848. Frequently, ho said, they had had a men­ acing aspect, but at all times the calmness and conscientiousness displayed by the ministers on tLe Prussian side toward the threatening position of Russiau affairs--a position of which foreign countries had no idea--had succeeded in averting mischief. He continued: Austria is our natural ally in the dangers which threaten us from Russia and France; bat tlvire is no need to fear the hatred ot Russia. No-wars are waged from mere hatred, tor other­ wise France would have to be at war with Italy and the whole world. The strength we possess will reassure our public opinion and allay the nervousness of the bourse and the press. Our task now is to strengthen this strength. It must not be said that others can xilace the same de­ fensive frontier force as we are able to do. If we are attacked, then the furor Tentmiieua will flame. We hope to remain at peace with Rus­ sia, as with all other powers, but we do not run after anybody. Russia has no grounds for complaint of Germany's attitude on the Bulga­ rian question. Prince Bismarck reiterated the confidence that Germany felt in her arocy, and de­ clared that Germany feared "only the God' which mattes us wish to foster peace." A CABLE dispatch from San Remo on Thursday stated that Dr. Bramann success­ fully performed the operation of tracheoto­ my on the Crown Prince, and tbat the pa­ tient was progressing well. Drs. Mackenzie, Hovell, Schroder, and Krause were present during the operation. A dispatch of Fri­ day says: "The Princ6 passed a bad night last night, owing to the increasing of the thickening of the mucus membrane of the front and lower portions of the larynx, un­ der the right vocal chord. The swelling in­ creased rapidly, causing alarming symp­ toms. It appears to be similar to the swelling which preceded the recent forma­ tion of an abcess. The Prince's breathing is now easy." A LONDON dispatch says "the Parnell- ite members of the House of Commons held a meeting and expressed sympathy for the sulfererB under the crimes act, and extended their thanks to their English sup­ porters. Mr. Parnell and other officers were re-elected. Bigger, Deasley, Shiel, and Carew were appointed whips. It was decided that Parnell should formulate an amendment to the Queen's speech, raising a question as to the administration of the crimes act. Parnell stated that the object of hia land bill was to reduce the term for the judicial revision of rents from fifteen to seven years, and give the tenants further rights over improvements." GENERAL. AN exodus of residents of Manitoba is taking place into Minnesota, owing to the late troubles. T?F. United States Government will arm postal employes employed on .the exposed Western railroad routes. The Maine Man Announces that He Catf Not Accept the Nomination. 91» Chairman of the ITati publioan Committee Xakea the Letter Public. MARKET REPORTS. MEW YORK. CATTLH. Hooa Kh '.kp WHEAT--Mo. 1 Bant...... - Mo. 2 Red „ COBN--No. a.... OATS--^White Fona- New M«es CHICAGO. CATTLE--Choice to L'rime steers Good Common to Fair....... Hoes--Shipping Grades Khrkp WHEAT--No. t Red Winter...'."^ CORN--No. 2 OATS-->.O. 2 1...I HASLET--NO. 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Jones, Chairman of the Na­ tional Republican Committee, has received a letter from Mr. Blaine declining to allow his name to be presented to the National Bepnblioan Convention as a candidate for the Presidency. Following is Mr. Blaine's letter in fnll: FLORENCE, Italy, Jan. 25. B. F. Jones, Esq, Chairman of the Republican National C mmittee: SIR--I wish through you to state to the mem­ bers of tha Republican party that my name will not be presented to the National Conven­ tion called to assemble in chioago in June next for the nomination of candidates for Praaident and Vice President of the United States. I am constrained to this decision by consid­ erations entiroly personal to myHelf of which you were advised more than a year ago. But I ean not mnko the announcement Without giv­ ing expression *° my deep sense of gratitude to the many thousands of my countrymen who have sustained me so long and so cordially tnas their feeling has seemed to go beyond the ordi­ nary political adherence of fellow-partisans anJtopartako somewhat of the nature of per-, sona! attachment!. For thiB most generous loyulty of friendship, I can inako no adequate return, but 1 shall e&rry the memory of it while life 'asts. Nor can I refrain from congratulating the Re­ publican party upon the cheering prospects which diitin^uish the opening of the National contest of 18^S as compared with that of 1^84. In 18+2 the Republican party throughout the Vnion met with a disastrous defeat. Ten States that had supported Garfield and Arthur in the election of 18MO were carried by the Uemocrats either by majoritios or pluralities. The Republican loss in tlio Northern elections compared with the preceding National election exceeded half a million votes, and th/> electoral vote-3 ot the Union, divided on the basis of the result of 1882, gave to the Democrats over three hundred e'ectors out ot a total of four hundred ahd one. There was a partial reaction in favor of tne Re- jjubllcans in the elections of 183-i, but the Dem­ ocrats still held possession of seven Northern States, and on the basis of the year's contest could show more than 100 majority in the Elec­ toral Colleges of the whole country. But against the discouragement naturally following the adverse elections of these two years the spirit of the Repuolioan party in the national contest of 1884 rose high, and tho Re­ publican masses entered into the campaign with such energy that the final result depended on the vote of a single State, and that btate was carried by the Democratic party by a plu­ rality BO small that it represented less than one-eleventh of 1 percent, of tho entire ^ote. The change of a single vote in every (i'.000) two thousand of the total poll would have given the State to the Republicans, though only two years before tho Democratic plurality exceeded (liW.OOO) one hundred and ninety-two thousand. The eloctions of 188(1 and 1887 have demon­ strated growing strength in the Republican ranks. Seldom in our l olitical history has a party, defeated in a national election, rallied immediately with such vigor, as have the Re­ publican s since 1884. l\o comparison is pos­ sible between the spirit of the party in iasj-3 and its spirit in 1881-7. The two periods present simply a contrast--the one of general depression, the other of enthusiastic revival. Should the party gain, in the results of 1888 over those of H86-7, in anything like the proportion of tha gain of 1884 ovor H82-3, it would secure one of the most remarkable vic­ tories of its entire existence. But victory does not depend on so large a ratio of Increase ; the party has only to maintain relatively its prws- tif:e of 1886-7 to give to its national candidate every Northern State but one, with a far better prospect of carrying that one than it has had for the past six vears. Another feature of tho political situation should inspire Republicans with irresistible strength. The present natiocal administration was elected with, if not upon, the repeated as­ sertions of its leading supporters in every j>ro- tection State that no i -sue on tho tariif was in­ volved. However earnestly Republicans urged that question as the one of controlling impor­ tance in the campaign, they were met by the Democratic leaders and journals with per­ sistent evasion, concealment, and denial. That resource the President has fortunately re­ moved. The iBsne which the Republicans maintained and the Democrats avoided in 1884 has been prominently and specifically brought forward by the Democratic President and can t.ot be hidden out of sight in 1888. The country i« now in the enjoyment of an industrial sys­ tem which in nMS^r >of a century has assured a. ltupPi^iaQal growth, a more rapid accumulation ana a broader distribution of wealth > than were ever before known to history. The Amer­ ican peoplo will now be openly and formally aske i to decide whether their system shall be recklessly abandoned, and a new trial be made of an old experiment which has uniformly led to National embarrassment and wids-spread individual distress. On the result of such an issue, fairly presented to the popular judgment, there is no room for doubt. One thing only is necessary to assure success --complete harmony and cordial co-operation on tho part of all Republicans--on tho part both of those who aspire to lead and of those who are eager to follow. Tho duty is not one merely of honorable devotion to the party whose rec­ ord and whose aims are alike great, but it is one demanded by tho inetinet of self-interest and by the still higher promptings of patriotism. A closer observation of the conditions of life among the older nations gives one a more in­ tense desire that the Amerioan people shall make no mistake in choosing the policy which inspires labor with hope and crowns it with dignity, which gives safety to capital and pro­ tects its inc ro tse, which secures political power to every citizen, comfort and culture to every home. To this end, not less earnestly and more directly as a private citl /en than as a public candidate, I shall devote myself, with the con­ fident belief that the administration of the Government will be restored to the party which has demonstrated the purpose and the power to wield it for tho unity and honor of the Republic, for the prosperity and progress of the people. 1 am, very sincerely yours, JAMES O. HHIHIIG, Wh»t Jehn Sherman Says., [Columbus (Ohio) special. 1 The news that James G. Blaine had written B. F. Jones, Chairman of the Be- nnMican National Committee, declining to allow the use of his name before the convention in Chicago in June, was not received here nntil after midnight and cre­ ated a sensation among those who heard the purport of the document. John Sherman, who was in the city to attend the Republican banquet, said that he had been expecting some such utter­ ance from Mr. Blaine for some time. Mr. Sherman did not care to talk much abont the Blaine letter, and thought it wonld cause a number of other candidates to Come to the front. He proposed to make the race for the Ohio delegation, and would contest honorably for the nomination. Mr. Blaine was a Republican that would sweep the country if nominated, bat he had un­ derstood all along that he would not again seek the nomination. It was on this hy­ pothesis that he (Sherman) had entered the list. Other Republicans thought the withdrawal of Blaine left a clear field for Sherman. v. .} The Value of a Badge* 'An American writing home recently from England says: "I happened to be present at the funeral of a soldier who, for bravery in the Zulu war, had received the Victoria Cross. The badge was fastened to his breast as he lay in his coltin. His mother, bidding hi'm farewell, touched the precious bronze token and said: 'It lessens LUV grief at losing him that he should take that into his grave" "It was the syintjpl to her not only of his heroic life, but of the gratitude of his country. I wondered, as i heard her, if we Americans make as much use as we might of the intlnence of symbols in training our uneducated classes." A singular instance of the effect of this kind oi' symbolism was once shown in the famous reformatory school of Lusk. One of the teachers had induc­ ed about twenty of the boys to give up profane and indecent language, and to do extra work, for which they were Eaid. But they were indifferent and alf-hearted in the effort. "Form them into a society and give them a badge," suggested the superin­ tendent. The hint was carried out. In a month the boys were eager and enthu­ siastic in their work, and as proud of their prison society as were the old soldiers of Napoleon of the Legion of Portrait and Sketch of a Re­ markable .Wisconsin Con- •p", . tenariaiui" ' „« « *»»» ftiim" ' <J " "i He Hw Llted lis Year*, aiit tTMfl Tobaeoo and Whisky for u ^ Even Century. ; the oldest living man in America if not in the world, lives in Manchester, Green County. From authenticated reoords Mr. Kru'ger waB born in the Tillage of Posen, in the Prussian Province, in 1774, anti is consequently 114 years of age. He is hale and hearty, can g t around without any OUSTERS LAST S A Famous Scout, Who Has •red Much Information of the Massacr*^ Facts Hitherto Unpnt and Contradicts an Old Ster#. » , v ; V : - 1 ft- , " XICBAEX. HBCEGKB. trouble, and as the date of his birth !• a matter of record in the Catholic Church at Posen, there is no reasonable doubt of his having attained tho remarkable age claim­ ed. The picture herewith given was made from a cabinct photograph taken last sum­ mer. Mr. Krceger's age can better be un­ derstood and appreciated when it is known that he "had a boy" who is now 80 years of age. The son lives in Milwaukee, where the aged father had recently been visiting. The story of the centenarian's life is full of interest. His father worked on the estate of a nobleman and tho son followed the Bame calling. That, mind you, was a full hundred years ago. During the Napoleonic wars he did service as a teamster for the French, the Prussians, and the Russians in turn, the team being furnished by his employer, as usual in times of war. He was too old al­ ready to be taken as a recruit when Napo­ leon overran Central Europe. In 1814, when the Corsican was finally disposed of, Krcegerwas 40, and a few years later he was married. He raised a family at his old home, nrd was blessed with a child every three or four years, until he had seven sons and two daughters. The girls and one of the boys died young, but all the others lived to come to America. It was thirty years ago when Krceger, the white- haired man of 83, started for this country. He went to work at once, and induced his sons and their families to oome after him. Until about five years ago, Krceger did daily chores on his son's farm at Manches­ ter, preferring to live in the country in­ stead of in the city. His sight and health are good, and from all present indications he iB likely to live for some years to come. He has always been temperate in his hab­ its, but has used tobacco and taken a drink of whisky occasionally for the last hundred years. In his youth he was a man of tre­ mendous strength, and his sons are all large, strong men. READ OUT OF THE PARTY. Gheorge Denonnced. by Former Friend* ^ and Coadjutors. The Her. Dr. McGlynn's Compliments te fhe Anti-Porerty Society. Henry party. INew York special.] All is not harmony between George and the United Labor In fact, it is boldly stated by members of the party that Mr. George has retired from its ranks, and the organization which has twice honored him with the highest nomi­ nation in its gift will know him no .more. At the recent meeting of the Kings County General Committee Mr. George was openly attacked by men who have been his warm personal friends. John McMackin said that Mr. George could not take a corporal's HENRY GEOnOE. guard away fy>m the United Labor party, and that the party was not the personal property of any one. Pie thought that the party would be benefitted, for, with the tariff question one side, the party could unite with the Union Labor party in the West and nominate a National ticket. At a meeting of the Anti-Poverty Society in Pythagoras Hall, l)r. McGlynn said that the Labor party, which the society repre­ sented, would nominate a Presidential and a Vice Presidential candidate; that they would not suffer themselves to be side­ tracked by any wretched tariff-tinkering issue, nor would they allow themselves to be made a little bit of a tail to a Democratic kite. He regretted to eay that several writers in Henry GeorcVs paper had tried to side-track the Labor party, but they hnd failed miserably, and it was therefore untrue to say that the United Labor party was divided. A paper had declared tbnt Henry George would not accept the nomination. Well, there was plenty of other pood material to nominate from. Were Henry George even to ^ive up the idea of supporting Cleveland, '"he wonld, on re-entering our ranks," con­ cluded Dr. McGlynn, "nave to be content with a mnch humbler position than here­ tofore. I for one do not want him, as I believe he has rather hurt than helped us." CANADA'S GOVERNOR GENERAL. Lor<l Lanndownc Goe* to India, and W1U Be Succrerteil by T.ord Stanley. Lord Lansdowne lins accepted the posi­ tion of Viceroy of India, and will leave for England the middle of June, says an Ottawa (Canada) special. Ho will spend a short time there arranging Lis private affairs, and will leave for India in Septembei or Octo­ ber. To be the ruler of 250,000,000 of sub­ jects, with an annual salary of $200,000, is a prize wLich falls to the lot of few men. His successor, the Rt. Hon. Frederick Ar­ thur Stanley, Lord Stanley of Preston, G. C. B., is a younger son of the fourteenth Earl of Derby, K. G., and is the heir pre- cago speelal. | Edward H. Allison, the celebrated Gov­ ernment scout, passed through Chicago a few daya ago on his way to Washington. This famons Indian hunter came into prominence ten years ago, when he suc­ ceeded in bringing abont without aid tha surrender of Sitting Bull and his murder­ ous band of Sioux Indians. Scont Allison, as the army officers call him, is a remark­ ably intelligent man, and, in spite of his rough exterior, has the carriage of a gen­ tleman. In a talk with a Chicago reporter he told of the events that brought abont the prolonged and bloody warfare be­ tween Sitting Bull's band and the United States. He blames the Indian agents for it all. As an illustration, he mentioned the case of an agent who some years ago had charge of the Stand­ ing Rock agency. This agent, the scout claims, made $50,000 in eighteen months by cheating the Indians out of what was justly due them. He made them live on soup and ax-handles. These were the only goods the agent could not trade for furs. To his own personal knowledge, a steamer loaded with three hundred tons of pro­ visions and amnesty goods, consisting of clothing, blankets, tobacco, and general supplies, intended for distribution among the Indians connected with the Sioux tribe, had touched at the agency, but after taking the invoices the agent had sent the goods five hundred miles farther up the river, where they were traded for his per­ sonal advantage. By a bit of rascality the invoices were returned to the Government Supply Department with forced certificates of distribution attached. The scout re­ lated this incident in a manner that indi­ cated his cordial contempt for the transac­ tion, and his frank, open countenance changed expression altogether as he told of other episodes that led to the death ot his friend, the gallant Custer, on that mem­ orable day in June, 1876. Allison has acquired more facts concern­ ing this tragic circumstance than any man in the country. This intelligence has been obtained by diligent inquiiy anion.; the squaws and children of the warriors who participated in the massacre. The Indians could not tell the story and no whites were left to relate it. "Rain-in-the-Face" did not kill Custer, Allison declares, although he is credited with BO doing. Neither was he at the battle. The scout has the proof that "Rain-in-the-Face" was watching the movements of Gen. Crook's troops fifty miles away when Custer met his death. Crook Mas then advancing from the nort!.. Regarding the battle, Allison says that Maj. Reno, who has since been dismissed from the United States army, was alone to blame for the slaughter of Custer and his men. It was due solely to Reno's coward­ ice, and at th9 inquiiy that folio .ved the Major was whitewashed simply through the shame his brother officers felt at hav­ ing him as a companion. Custer has been accused of rashness, whereas he acted altogether correctly and in accordance with the surroundings and his knowledge of the Indian mode of fighting. His manner of attack was well planned. The redskins were greatly surprised. When Custer swooped down upon them their horses were grazing untethered on the plains, and their tepees or huts were standing up­ right. During the panic that followed the sudden appearance of this galloping band of cavalrymen, one of Sitting Bull's wives forgot one of her twin babies, and left it behind her in her flight. The child was subsequently named: "Fled and Aban­ doned." He bears that name to-day. Reno's eyes, the scout says, gave eveiy woman and child the appearance of a war­ rior of the Sitting Bull character. He gave the order to retreat without apparent cause, and before he had lost a man. Ma.ior Reno's command numbered 270 men all told, and Custer had about the same num­ ber. Captain Benteen, who commanded the third division, had two companies, or about 130 men. The attacking force num­ bered very close to 700, all well mounted. Captain Benteeu joined forces with Reno on the hill about two miles from where Custer was. The Indians, seeing tbat Reno was retreating, called to their fiying com­ rades to return and give battle; that the whites were cowards. As soon as Sitting Bull could gather his braves together he left enough of his warriors and boys to en­ gage Reno's soldiers and then threw his whole fighting force on Cutter aud his doomed band. Sitting Bull's entire army did not number more than 1,^00 men, but his warriors were good fighters and well armed with Winchester repeating ritles and other modern appliances of warfare Capt. Benteen begged Reno to hasten to Caster's aid, predicting a massacre Bhould he not re-enforce him; but even then it was too late. If Reno had held the posi­ tion he had before ordering a retreat, ten minutes longer, Custer would have struck the camp at the lower end and gone through it as easily as a bull could plow through a oorn-field. The whole Indian question would have then and there been settled. But Sitting Ball and his warriors were the victors, and a five years' bloody warfare followed. Allison's assiduous inquiiy leads him to believe that it took abont an hour to con­ centrate all his men. The great Sioux chief threw a wall of redskins about the cavalrymen, and then the slaughter began. That Custer died hard was demonstrated by the fact tbat the ground about where his body was found by General Teriy's troops the following day was thick with cartridge shells. Strange as it may appear, only twenty-seven of Sitting Bull's Iraves were killed during, the fight The scout has made careful inquiry and is quite positive on this point. Major Reno lost thirteen men during his retreat. As Boon as the work of extermination was complete a car­ nival of butchery and mutilation began. The atrocities of the squaws was simply barbarous. Sitting Bull and his chiefs searched for Custer's body, but could not find it. They knew him as the "Long­ haired Chief," but as the General had his hair cut in the spring before starting out on the expedition, they did not recognize him, so the barbarous story of "Rain-in- the Face" catting out his heart and eating a piece of it goes for naught. It was by the merest chance in the world that Custer'B body was not mutilated. His was the only corpse that was not disfigured. If the Indians had recognized his remiins there wonld not have been enough spf him left for his wife to identify him by. Ev. ry Indian who took part in the contiict would have wanted a piece of the body to carry off as a trophy. One Iudiau cut one of a dead soldier's arms off and carried it to camp. He afterward beat an Indian with it who was friendly to the whites on ac­ count of being a trader. Then he extend­ ed the severed hand to him that he might shake with his whit e brother. CONKLIXG. *?»n Tho Hew York Ex-Senator Fa von Sheridan for President. A Connecticut paper prints an interview with Hon. Roscoe Conkling, in which that gentleman is represented as expressing himself in favor of the nomination by the Republicans of Gen. Sheridan for the Presidency, with Gen. Gresham as second choice. Mr. Conkling, however, expressed the belief that neither of these gentlemen would be nominated. He thought it would ha Ttlftitip or Sherman, or Allison. CONGRESSIONAL - the Senate the of Rej&eoentathree. Tbb White-^owery contested election ease occupied the exclusive attention of the House on tlu 4ih inst. Mr. Cockran, of Mew York, made a ten-minut* speech in favor of White, saying tha whol* case rested on hU own testimony, that be had naturalization papers, and tnas he for one was unwilling to indicate a disbelief in tho *-'• tfuumy of the brave soMier who helped to cement the liuion witit blood, or to tear open afrean liis wounds re­ ceived in defense of his country. Tbo oiii fix­ ing times and pUcea of holding United r tates courts m Minnesota luakta dates as lollows: in Dniuth in April of each year; bt. Paul in June and .December; Winona in Januury. The urgent oeiici«ncy uill, as report d to the House, per­ mits the use of money leituver Irom the mnoonfc grautod for tio rodb on tne posto.lico Iniii iiBg last > ear to tie de\otod to general repairs of the building. There was no Be<>sion of thct Senate. AIK, Ho AH, trom the select committee on the celebration of the centennial of the Constitu­ tion. reported in the Senate, on the 0th inst., a joint resolution providing, in addition to such other celebration as may hereafter be provided for, "that the two houses of Congress shall meet in ine hall oi the House of liepresentatives: that the Chief Justice of tho United >Stu,tes shall deliver an oration." The resolution was adopted. Mr. ilatt addressed the Senate in opposition to the turiit views expressed in the President's message. Mr. Carlisle re­ sumed his dnties as Speaker of the House after a two weeks' absence. The Lowry-White contest was decided in favor of Mr. W' hite, the sitting member, by the decisive vote of 187 to 1 iii. Forty-seven Democrats voted with the Republicans in favor of White. Among the bills anil resolutions introduced in the House Wore the following : liy Mr. Chipmnn, resolu­ tions of the Detroit Board ot Traae in favor ot a postal telegraph; by Mr. Landea, for a public building at Olney, III.; by Mr, Lawler, to protect the consumers of but­ ter by requiring wholesale dealers to pay an annual tax of $.000 and retail dealers to pay an annual tax of SI; also to repeal the oleo­ margarine tax; by Mr. Caswell, .lor a public building atltacine. Wis.; by Mr. Baker, directing the Committee on Military Affairs to inquire into the expediency of the Government purchasing the s.ts of Old Fort Chartres, Illinois; by Mr. Feters, for a public bnildin;; at Hutchinson, Kan.; by Mr. U'Neall, for a public building at Vincennes, Ind. MR. SAWYER, of Wisconsin, introduced a bill in the Senate, on the 7th inst., providing that all soldiers who served at least ninety days in the late war and were honorably mustered out or discharged on surgeons' certificates of disa­ bility shall be entitled to receive the Bame bounty to which they would have been entitled had their full term of enlistment been served out Mr. Btockbridge, of Michigan, introduced a bill relunding to pilots, engineers, and mates of steam vessels, or their heirs, the license fees which they have paid since the law was passed in lti(S4. Licenses hereafter are to be free. He also introduced a bill making it obligatory upon every sort of tteamer to carry at all times a full complement of licensed officers and a full crew. The law now applies only to passenger steamers The Senate also adopted a resolution direct­ ing the Commerce Committee to inquire into the right and expediency of Congress assum­ ing control ot the erection ot bridges over navi­ gable waters within State limits. A bill to grant a pension of sl'2 per month to army nurses was reported favorably from the (Senate Com­ mittee on Pensions. The House of Hepresenta- tites adopted Gen. Weaver's resolution calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for detailed ' information relative to the reoent policy of the department of purchasing bonds with surplus money and to the present policy of depositing funds in a large number of national banks. The House also adopted the resolution of Mr. Landes calling ou the Secretary of the Treasury for information regarding the amount of United States bonds and notes in circulation when the act of 187<s limiting their issue was passed, and whether any have been lost or de­ stroyed since. Among the measures passed by the House were bills providing for the punish­ ment of bank-examiners for false reports or suppressing facts in their reports; to abolish the minimum punishment in in­ ternal-revenue cases, and authorizing the Commissioner of Internal Bevenue to com­ promise cases under the law; to amend tho law pres cibing the death penalty for willfully casting away vessels ao as to allow punish­ ment by fine or imprisonment if there is no loss of life. The Committee on Military Affairs re­ ported a bill authorizing the President to ap­ point and retire Alfred Fie as an ton as a Briga­ dier General. The Foreign A (lairs Committee reported the diplomatic and consular appropri­ ation bill. It appropriates $1,403,80'/. Mr. Till­ man, from the Military Committee, reported the military academy appropriation bill. THE bill directing the Secretary of the Treas­ ury to Omit all duties upon importations at animals for breeding purposes, whether im­ ported for the importer's own use or for sale, passed the Senate on the 8th inst. It provides that the fact of such importation shall be a sufficient defense in any pending action. Messrs. Stewart and Mitchell advo­ cated the passage of the bill allow­ ing the sale of certain mineral lands to aliens. The House of Representatives passed the bill makinj bills of lading con­ clusive evidence in certain cases. It provides that whenever any common carrier or its agent signs and delivers any bill of lading, purporting to be for merchandise received by such carrier for transportation from one Stata to another within the United States or to any foreign country, such bill of lading in the hands of any bona-fide holder, lor valuable consideration, who acquired the same in the usual course ot trade without any notice of any defect therein, shall be conclusive evi­ dence that the goods described therein were actually received by such carrier in the man­ ner and for the purpose therein stated. WHEN the bill requiring the subsidized rail­ roads to maintain and operate separate tele­ graph lines came up in the House of Repre­ sentatives on the Uth inst, Mr. Anderson, Of Kansas, the author of the bill, vigorously supported It. The railroad companies had bartered away their franchises by' entering into a contract with the WesU em Union by which the railroad compa­ nies refused to perform their tidegrapnio services, and by which they gave tbe West­ ern Union absolute monopoly over the western half of the continent Through the genius of the most unscrupulous pirate of the century, Jay Hawk Gould, that monopoly had been cre­ ated. The pending bill was simply a proposi­ tion to Inject a little bit of God s burning just­ ice between the people and Jay Gould. The people of the country were praying for relief from the merciless grind of tbe most extrava­ gant, enormous, unscrupulous, piratical set of incorporated scoundrels on the continent. This bill was a square blow between the eyes of Mr. Gould, tbe Western Union monopoly, and each of the Pacilc Kailroad companies. In the Senate Mr. Manderaon, from the Com­ mittee on Printing, reported a joint resolution for the disposition of undistributed copies of tbe recordH of tho rebellion, the reports of tbe tenth census, and the reports of the Public Lands Commissioner. The resolution gave rise to some discission, but was finally passed. The Committee on Indian Atfairs reported fav­ orably tbe bill providing for the opening to set­ tlement of the Sioux Indian reservations in Da­ kota. The President seut the following nom­ inations to the Senate : Banjamin F. Wade, of Ohio, to be Marshal of the United States for the Northern district of Ohio; J. Marian Brooks, of California, to be Attorney of the Unltod States for the fcouthern District of California, v:: A<; •?, v, "• A':: \ Work Not Worry. It is worry, not work, that kills, is an old trite saying, but a true one. Where can there be a more dejected and wretched ob­ ject in this life than a woman who has noth­ ing to do? Nothing to do, when this world is so full of work, aud BO mnch in need of willing hands aud hearts to help on the good deeds begun. Work is the salt of lite, the vehicle which carries us to suc­ cess, prosperity and happiness, but we should aim not to let worry become a fel­ low-traveler. If we do, the journey will be tediouH, and no doubt unprofitable. Worry will drive us into mrniv a deep rut on the way, and will call abont our heads dismal, threatening weather, and it is only a ques­ tion of lime when the clouds will burst, and the storm, for which our own short­ comings are responsible, will fall upon us fast and furiously. It is, perhaps, au un­ kind thing to say, but women, as a class, are prone to exaggerate their woes. They insist on considering themsi Ives martyrs, and, with twoe-becone faces nnd heart­ rending sif^hs, in idleness their call to a more appreciative world. Let them be up and doin,', and glorify their work, no matter how lowly. Many women are un­ der the delusion that out of public life a woman's influence is marred, biased, and cramped; but, while it is granted to tLe few to publicly benefit the mosses, it does not exempt the many from carefully and vir­ tuously making use of every opportunity in private life of creating *a better ana more ennobling current of thought. Beecher has said: "Difficulties are God's errands, and when we are sent upon them we should esteem it a proof of God's con­ fidence--as a compliment from God." We cannot reach happiness at a single step, or without effort, but we can zealously strive for it every day, and the prize will be the reward of persevering, long-continued effort. Once more, I will say it is worry, rtnf fit of Irlllfl • , & • ja- (y ; - . i;.~ * * s; * • y - { V , - • • - • • ; Vi :• ;1 v'vy : jiv? " '.if' . V . - 1 * •< • j. .-i