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ILLINOIS. NEWS RECORD. «lmw§ for tfrearart* af j ie famish** In •. « « ̂ i Ba*«Ma oSomkid ameted emoonehin- ^ *. >*. I SM'RSSMtt'VSKE: old man got away 'without detection iis of ft* M)((hWrixmd * " j| Summary of tha Eventful Happca- ingi of a Week, as Reported by Telegraph. ' fcalltkvl, Commercial, and Industrial Xew% Fires, Accidents Ortaw||:^: Suicide*, Etc., Etc. a £ LATEST DISPATCHES.1 HIGH WATER. T ' Mawds fa* Ute Mississippi Cause Great B#- ; structlon of Property. THE Mississippi is on one of its annual rampages. At Clinton, Iowa, en Sunday, the water was within a foot of the highest Moorded mark, and likely to go above it; at FQlton Wuter surrounded the city, making it an island, and flawed over improved farms several mil*-s iu width; andat Quincv the Sny levee was in great danger of being carried •way, in which event a hundred thousand acres of the richest f arming lands in Illinois would be overflowed. High water at Hock Island and Molioe caused damage amount­ ing to about 81110,0WU. At Galena nearly all the streets were navigable, and at Prairie dn Chien and other points the Father of Waters showed his contempt for petty efforts of mankind to lUiiizeajw} laatrain him. . STOLE THE CURRENCy. ^ mystery. A BOILER exploded In the sash and blind shop of J. Hodges, Manchester, N. H., «ad two men ware killed and several others in­ jured. AKOKO the nnmeroas memorials T>*e- sented to the General Conference of (he M. E. Church, on the eighth day of ita session in New York, was one in support of superannuated ministers, submitted by the Rev. Dr. H. H. Green of Upper Iowa. "The Determination of the Boundaries of the Conferences" was a memprial offered by the Rev. Dr. Bell of Ohio. Dr. Wilder of Illinois offered a reso­ lution calling for a general election in 1890 to settle the question in regard to the admission of women as lay delegates. The motion was voted down. It was voted to exclude the Rev. John E. llickards, of Montana, who, it was claimed, came as a delegate to represent a conference to which he does not belong. The question of his admission was debated for over an hour. The Bev. Dr. Gray, of Williamsport, Pa., offered a resolution providing that the Bishops shall be appointed to contiguous districts rather than to be sent as now to different parts of the country. After con­ siderable discussion, the resolution was referred io a special committee. RET. DR. LYMAN ABBOTT has been called to the pulpit of Plymouth Church as the successor of Heniy Ward Beecher. THE Sunday-closing law in Newark, New Jersey, is to be enforced by the Law and Order League, who will procure testi­ mony against the keepers of cigar and oandv stores found open and doing busi­ ness on Sunday. VOLUNTARY testimony has been received in Brooklyn to the effect that Mrs. Lillian Scofield, on whose account W. T. Hatch b> of Pratt, Kan., Robbed of Or J* < met a shameful death, is an adventuress M.000. ' and a blackmailer of men of means. THE Pratt County National Bank, at j THE memorial services in respect of the Pratt, Kan., was entered by thieve* at late Roscoe Conkling arranged for by the high noon and the safe robbed of $4,0LC* j New York Legislature took place in Al- a!l in currency. The book-keeper and ! bany. A fine eulogy of the distinguished teller tad gone to dinner, and the cashier partly turned the combination on the safe. locked the door of the bank, and went aeroSB the street to the postoffice. He was gone about ten minutes, and during his _ . __ , absence the robbery was effected by kick- *>ible house in «ew York. ing a pane of glass in the window, which ceipts for general purposes during the enabled the thieves to undo the fattening year amounted to $557,340 and disburse- statesman was delivered by Robert G. In­ gersoll. THE seventy-second annual meeting of the American Bible Society was held at the The cash re- : ,ap4 raise the saBh. FURIOUS ZEPHYB& ^ ' , j A Whirlwind Does Much Damage in Illinois. A WHIRLWIND passed Eouth of Freeport, Hi., demolishing the brewery buildings of Hargcle & Both,~on Yellow Creek, cans- ins a loss of $10,000 and filling the creek with debris and ruining the brick residence and barns of William ments $£0j,453. THE telephone war at Rochester, N. Y., through which the city has been without telephonic service for the last eighteen months, has been ended by the concession on the part of the company of the ilat-rate system, as against the toll system. Other points in the controversy are settled by mu­ tual concessions. THE use of natural gas either for fuel or illumination is attended with grave risks, Broekhausen, a few rods distant, caus­ ing an equal loss. Mrs. Biockhausen and it has been found thus far extremely was severely injured by flying bricks, and difficnlt to provide against accidents. By at Pecatonica, where four houses were burned down, Mrs. Berry Wilson was bad­ ly hurt. At Freeport several people were affected by lightning shocks, and John M. Ditzin was dangerously injured. ' ; Comedy Revival* in (hlcago. ' •':4CHE comedy season at McYicker's Thea­ ter, Chicago, opened on Monday, and will continue late into the summer. Manager McYicker has a belief in English comedy, and in the enthusiasm of the people for the •ame, wnich even experienoa has not been able to shake. The company whieh he i selected to present the serieB of come- the explosion of natural gas the magnifi­ cent St. Paul's Cathedral in Buffalo, rep­ resenting a cost of about S?ii50,000, was destroyed, the interior being burned out, with, nothing left but the walls and the spire. Numerous other natural-gas ex­ plosions occurred in Buffalo sbout the same time, but in no other instance was the loss so serious. f . . f « WEST. WARRANTS have been issued at Cincin­ nati for the arrest of 147 saloonists, who, in violation of the Owen law, kept their it** wkioh «nifplaces open on Sunday. It is intimated dies, which will the summer that the persons who open on Sunday in the future wilt be arrested at once. 'tki'i, months, is an exceptionally strong one. The season will be marked by a production of Sheridan's "School for Scandal" and' "The Critic." Another of the same au­ thor's brilliant satires will be given several irpHtsantstions during the brief period allotted to the performance ©f tfeeoe case i examples of dramatic art. - ; f Bond Purchases. I THE two children, aged 18 and 6 months, of Mr. and Mrs. John Nickerson, of Wil- shire, Ohio, were burned to death, the house in which they had been left alone catching fire from burning brush. THE National Association of Lumber Dealers, which assembled in anmi»l ses- THE Secretary of the Treasury bad pur- ! *i°a at Davenport, Iowa, elected the fol- chased, up to Monday, bonds of the faee ' lowing officers: J. P. Smith, of Fowler, •aloe of $18,088,000 under the circular of Ind" ̂ esfdent, aaA_W- C Wright, of Chi- Aptfi 17, the cost to the Government, in- cago, Secretary and Treasurer. eluding premium, being .$21,655,500. 'And 1 Bt the deciflion of the Illinoi3 Supreme yet the aundiu is greater by $175,000 Court Messrs. Vsn Pelt, Oehs, Leyden when the Secretary began "buying ionds On Saturday over $7,000,000 in bonds was aeeepted at rates higher than those baiato- ffae paid. 1 ' ' •» 8!* Vimtbi forDilloti. The IrM _f Mr Mm DW«», d-mrt j Eg £2, mi f- 'jri ' the crimes aet with inciting tenants not to pay rent, came off last week at Tu- leyrallin, Ireland. Mr. Dillon was con­ victed and sentenced to six months' im- j prisaament, without hard labor. After his sentence Mr. Dillon took an appeal. «H the hearing was fixed for June 28. j Condition of the Enperor. < i ••In Emperor continues to isapnyre,nys alBerlin dispatch of Saturday. The peri­ ods of depression due to weaknesi have been fewer in the last few days. It is not probable that an attempt will be made to »ove him to Potsdam before the end of the month. Tariff Talk In the HonMb : Ha SCOTT, of Pennsylvania, wbo is (p. as- eort wtth the President on the tariff, made a speech to the House more than two hours long ta support of toe Mills bill on the llth inrt. P®™1* aehvarv of the speech Mrs. Cleve- » Shaker and Wasserman, the four Chicago boodlers who remained in jail pending the consid­ eration of their cases on appeal, must now go to Joliet and enter upon the terms of imprisonment to which they were respec­ tively sentenced. The Supreme Court were some errors in the origiual trial they were not of suffi­ cient importance to justify a reversal of judgment. THE fifth annual convention of the Psi Upsilon fraternity held itB first session in Columbus, Ohio. The eighteen chapters of the fraternity were all represented. Benjamin. H. Baylies, of the Delta Chapter University, of New York, presided. COMMODORE XOBMAX W. KITTSON, one of the wealthiest men in the North­ west, died suddenly on a railway train in Wisconsin, while returning to his home in Minneapolis. He was about 74. In 1829 he was employed by Jacob Astor at wages of $8 a month in the Hudson Bay fur trade, making long and at times perilous trips between St. Paul and the far North­ west. As the subsequent agent of the Hudson Bay Company for many years and in mercantile pursuits he laid the founda­ tion of his great fortune, which in later years was increased to ten millions or more hy Pmdent investments in railroads. Com- w«r* iunong Mr. Scott's anditore. H@ WENT mo®°re Kittson's widest oelebitj, however, ar®®ai*®5? Ifr fr<oe drawn from ' arose from Ms ownership of Johnson, the 8s?r,&,ffif^sssi"ss',srss • rr.to 'ie^ "v!,bi8 st,-- laoM against tbe taaciiings of science and the non.of at lea>t half a million dollars tosson* of experience. After defending the : worth pf trotting, pacing, and thorough- eul°gy "n its wisdom., he took ! bred stock. up Mr. Uandail'fi propotted measure, which he ytioieed severely. He took as a sample the inm and steel schedule, whicn he declared io- ' aeasea the burden r^on every clasa in the eomuinnity. It gave the aeujunaiuf.' result ttiat lor every dollar of reduction of 5?°? m iron schedule was added to the public burden. Mr Gear 2ur\w?? BP°.k,e iu opposition to the Mills bill, Which he said would destroy American labor. MS declared that m this contest between free Kepublican party bad »ide the interests of uianuf*ctitrers and layojfwrs, while ou ti»© other side w»s R iarge pmtooi of the Democratic party backed by for- 2S,.™flne»Jc®- p&eeaiie of the Mills bill in «j£ a<le wouW h® a victory for cntisa eouimerco. • '-* . T . ' 'BAST, • . death,the del between parties of wealth and prom- i? Few York' The dead 2?iL L âtch' elde8t of the ! Moio* member of the firm of Walter T. liaieb, bankers and brokers, and a Well- known business man, wag found in a yard tethe rear of a bou«e on West Twentieth S*®.4, occopied by Mr. and Mrs. Charles T^SMheld. Hatch had spent the evening wtoi Mrs. Seafield at a French restaurant, aqd accompanied^ her home about raid- ~ *** admitted to the house, and when the husband charged his wife with MOB? Secreted a man on the premises. Hatch, who had secreted himself in the l^lrilled' ^ fro<Q ̂ window and '• B. PAUCEB, a stock broker who liv«« at Peabody, Mass., has been arrested at Boston on a charge of embezzling atocka mhmd at til,09a DAVID VINCENT, who killed a fellow aaOor, and Bobert G. Hall, the murderer Lilian Rivers, were executed at t an the 8th inst. Both culprits doom coolly. Vineent sang, and whistled, and would not rfu- s«4ous subject, and it is elaimed WSUUJOT SBOtrxBB; ^ged 70, who was of4eatfc iiatbejaiTrtl^b. and thslr erisoner Mbwated »d hurt4ed off tothe'moun- tain«>> Tha oAews were ooapletely intim­ idated and did not even attempt pursuit and recapture. JEFFKBSON DAVIS has been invited to participate in the ceremony of laying the corner-stone of the ladies' Confederate monument at Jackson. Miss., an ̂wî L aU tend if his health permits. WASHINGTON. F ^ - A PACKAGE was received at the Treasury Department in Washington from the Amer­ ican Exchange National Bank of New York purporting to contain $41,000 in bank notes, bat when it was opened nothing but brown paper was found within. The package was returned to the bank.', A WASHINGTON special to the Chicago Morning News says that "Republican members of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary make no secret of their purpose to hold up the nomination of Mr. Puller until next session, although no offic al action in that direction has been or will ha taken. The cophideration of his nomina­ tion will simply be delayed a* if it were necessary to do so. and in the event of the election of a Republican President next fall he will probably not be confirmed at Col lebt Ck &pnott'i Mfctch- 1m* fff: Jtoaoo*' .' j*' %v Conkling W& W lift FaltibfUlj ttKJfed by » Master Hand. ;.m Wartmn Orator'a Estimato il tibe Bastern Statesman's Oaretf and Worth. .v (Albany (N. T.) tsiegmta.} TPh^y-five hundred persons in emy of Music in this city, Wednesday night, listened to an oration by Col. Robert O. Ingersoll to the memory of Roscoe Conkling, and one-fourth as many more besieged the barred doors, while many climbed to the roof and peeped through the skylights. The ceremonies were under LABOR. THE case of the Reading strikers is a hard one. Their places have been filled and they are out of employment and in ab­ ject want. They beg for work to do but cannot get it, even if they sever their mem. bership in all labor organisations, and in some cases the men and their families have been compelled to go to the almshouse. They expected that they would receive financial support from (he Knights of La­ bor bod es to which they belonged, only to find that men who work are not willing to support men in idleness for any length of time. FOREIGIt, ~\J A DISEASE similar in type to cholera has become epidemic in Madrid. It is said to have been caused by extreme heat and the drinking of impure milk. AE Sultan of Morocco has finally agreed to submit to arbitration the dispute with the United States. DELLOI and Morudahad, India, have been visited by disastrous hailstorms, about 150 persons having been killed. The hailstones were fiat and oval in shape and some of them weighed as much as two pounds. At Racebatti, in Bengal, twenty persons were killed, 200 severely injured, and 2,000 houses were destroyed by hailstones. BouiiAKGER's boom has at least put money in his pocket The manuscript of his book on the German invasion has been sold to a publishing house for $4.0,000. EDWARD HANLAN, for mauy years the greatest of living oarsmen, has again been beaten in Australia, this time by Peter Kemp, who has not hithert6 been 'rated a first-class sculler. BEBLIX is worried over the plottings of the socialists, and the police are busily en­ gaged in making arresta. It is said there are in the city more than one hundred thou­ sand social democrats, and the piOpagonda is rapidly increasing. IRISH moonlighters in County Cork have killed James Quinn, a bog-ranger, after threatening bim with death nnle&B he ahan- docted his occupation. ifc * " "** THE opening of the great Sioux Reser­ vation, in Dakota, will be no special ad­ vantage to the people at large for several years. It will require the "remainder of this year to secure the necessary number of signatures by the Indians. All of 1889 will be required to survey it; most of 1890 will be used up in having these surveys put through the United States Land Office. Not until the end of that year can settlers occupy the land, and then only home­ steaders can take it. They must live on it four years, and then pay 50 cents an acre for it. EXOCH MCMAHOK, a prosperous farmer of Madison County,.Indiana, and a farm laborer named Treat, were burned to death in McMahon's residence. A daughter of the family early in the evening built a fire id the stove and then went out to attend church. The fire Is supposed to have orig­ inated from the stove, and as Mr. McMahon and his employe eere asleep in had both perished in the flame?. GENERAL. FORMAL announcement is made of tire elevation to the dignity of arohbishop of Bishop Ireland, the great temperance ora­ tor. His jurisdiction will include the three dioceses into which Minnesota is to be divided and the two to be erected out of Dakota. A SYNDICATE consisting largely of Ca­ nadian Pacific capitalists, headed by J. J. S. Abbott, member of the Dominion Min­ istry, and commanding British capital to the extent of $100,000,000, has been form­ ed to undertake a railway work in Brazil. The terms offered by the Emperor are con­ sidered highly attractive. Two surveyors employed by the Canadian Pacific road have already gone to Braz.il to make the superficial surveys. The proposed road will connect the headwaters of the Amazon with those of the Para river. THE "Zoo" and Southwestern Railway Company have filed articles of association with the Secretary of State at Madison, Wis., the purpose being to construct a road which will be two nuleB long across the Mississippi River opposite Alma, Buffalo County. PiujviNOiAii TBBABUftFB JotTEi has an­ nounced to the Manitoba Legislature that a loan of $1,500,000 has been secured in London for the completion of the Red River Yalley road at a favorable rate o: interest. THE Ancient Order of Hibernians, in it) convention in New York, adopted a resolu­ tion denouncing the Tory appeal to Rome as an evidence of weakness on the pari of the English Government and a triumph for the brave Bishop, whose voice and act will surely convince the Holy Father that England's design, not Ireland's desire, asks his interference in the affairs of Ire­ land, MARKETREPORTS. CHICAGO. CATTLE--Choice to Prime btw^-rs Si.09 Good Cows and Heifers.... Hoo*--Shipping Grade*. SHEEP. ...... WHEAT--No. 2 Bed CORN--No. 2 OATS--No. 3 BARLKY--NO. BUTT KB --Choice Creamery.... Fine Dairy CHEESE--Full Cream, flat EMOS-- Fresh POTATOES--Choice, per ba 7.... POBK--Mess MILWAUKEE. WHFAT--Jane CoHH-ZJo. it OATS--No. 2 White .7.7.. Kxe--NO. 1 & 5.21 4 4.73 *.7i ^ 8.5TF 5.23 & 6.0J 6.<» <A> 6.53 .»i?6 4 .Vi'4 .58 »I -- .SSV* .76 O .*> .4 .22 O .00 # 75 4* .57 .34* .78 .25 .34 .09*4 • l.»5s .83 14.00 BIBLKT-SO. 2. PORK--Mess .89 -Si «» M * .84 .39 .65 .71 TOLEDO. 14.00 1 M.50 SOUTH. Wftso a heavy storm at New Orleans, La., the tow-boat Future City and three barges from St Louis collided with .three United States war vest els at anchor in front of the city, and two barges were sunk snd the other damaged, the total loss being $80,000. BEEVES SIMMONS undertook to chastise his nephew, Nat Reeves aged 20, at Beardstown. Ey. * Nat opened fire with a shotgun, blowing out his uncle's brains. NEAR Danburg, Ga., a negro named Sale, who attempted to assault a "school ma'am," was hanged by a mob. ' Itis said the negro was insane. 4 LTTMBEB exchange has been utganised at Louisville. AN opportunity for the .United States flaMroaent to assert its authority-at home WHEAT--Cash. CORN- Cash .... OATS--No. al White.'.'.'.'. CLOTIU UXKD ST. LOUIS. WIRE AT--No. 2 Bed....; Coas- Mixed OAIH--Cash Ktk BAULK* 1'OHK--Itess N*,W YOliK. CATTLH Hoos .* Shkip WHKAT--NO. 2 Bed CORN--No. 2 W...... OATS--White PORK--New Mess... DETUOIT. CATTI-A Hoos WHEAT--No.' i" Whits.".".*.*'.7.7.7 CORN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 White.............. - INDIANAPOLIS. CATTLS.... Hoos. . . . . i . Bhkki* LAMBS BUFFALO. CATTLH.. HOOR. SHEEP WHEAT--No. 1 Herd CORN--No. 2 Yellow EAST LIBERTY. CACTUS--Frimq, Fair Common..... Hoos bun .W£ 4 .93 .07 » .68 .83 A ..<>* 4.20 <» A.8J •SB's .52 .83 .61>« . . .tw .90 14.50 «13.00 4. CO 0.30 6.50 .08 .64 .42 1S.0J « R.75 o C.2I v'i 7.iS & 1.00 4 .<» « .40 « 13.30 4.00 <0 {f.25 6.00 & e.0i 4.25 «( S 3) .80 '4 ' ."O1* .M ^ .88 .39 4.50 <<< B.H 5.«5 KL FI.00 6.n» ^ C.25 o.oo & e.yo 4.00 « 8.00 5.00 «> 6 0 T 0.00 0 7.2S .9"'^^ .se<4 4.75 4.25 3.73 5.S0 A 5.25 A 4.75 - 4.11 * GT-JS *•6.08 I. 'W Pm > • A *>-4 -ri..;-,- THE oBATon. -J-CS : Ike auspices of the Senate and Assembly. Col. Ingersoll spoke as follows: Eoacoe Conkling, a greet man, an orator, a ; statesman, a lawyer, a distinguished citizen of the Republic, in tho zenith of his fame and power has reached his journey's end; and we are met, here in the city of his birth, to pay our tribute to his worth end work. He earned [and held a proul position in the public thoughts. He stooa for independence, for cour- j Me, and above all for absolute integrity, and I his name was known and honored by many i millions of his fellcw-men. The literature of many lands is rich with the {tributes that gratitude, admiration, and love j have paid to the great and honored dead. These I tributes disclose the character of nations, the ; Ideals of the human race. In them w e iind the j estimates of sreatneS3--the deeds and lives that challenged praise and thrilled the hearts Jot men. In the presence of death the good man judges 'as he would be judged. He knows that men taw only fragments, that ttoe greatest walk in Shadow, sod that faults and failures mingle with the lives of all. In the grave should be buried the prejudices and passions born of con­ flict. Charity should hold the scales in which are weighed the deeds of men. Peculiarities, ' traitff born of locality and surroundings, these are but the dust of the race. These are aeci. dents, drapery, clothes, laahions, that have nothing to do with the man except to hide Ids character. They are the clouds that1 cling to 1 mountains. Time gives us clearer vision. That whieh was merely local fades away. The words of envy are forgotten, and all there Is of sterling worth remains. He who was called a partisan is a patriot. The revolutionist and the outlaw are the founders of nations, and he who wasregsrdea as a scheming, selfish politician becomes a statesman, a philosopher, whose words and dseds shed light. -Fortunate is that nation great enough to know the great. When a great man dies, one who has < nobly fought the battle at life, who has been faithful to every trust, and has uttered his highest, noblest thought, one who has stood proudly by the right in spite of jeer and taunt, neither stopped by foe nor swerved by friend- in honoring him, In speaking words of praise and love above his duet, we pay a tribute to ourselves, ftojt,poor this world wonld be with­ out fts(paw| Without the memories of its mighty dead. Only'the voiceless speak for­ ever. Intelligence, integrity and courage are the great pillars that support the state. Above all, the citizens of a frea nation should honor the brave and independent man--the man of stainless integrity, of will and intellectual force. Such men are the Atlases on whose mighty shoulders rest the groat fabric ot the Republic. Flatterers, cringers, crawlers, time- servers are the dangerouB citizens of a dem­ ocracy. They who gain applause and power by pandering to mistakes, the prejudices and passions of the multitude are the enemies of liberty. When the intelligent submit to the clamor of the many anarchy begins, and the Republic reaches the edge of chaos. Mediocrity, touohed with ambition, flatters the basa and' caluminates the great, while the true patriot,; who will do neither, is often sacrificed. In a government of the people a leader should be a teacher; be should carry the torch of : truth. Most teople ure the slaves of habit, followers of custom, believers in the wisdom of the past, and were it not for brave aud splendid souls "the duat of antique time would lie un- swept and mountainous error be too highly heaped for truth Ho overpeer." Custom is a prison locked and barred by those who long age were dust, the keys of which are in the keeping of the dead. Nothing is grander than when a strong, intrepid man breaks the chains, levels the waus, ana breasts the many-headed mob like some great oliff that meets the in­ numerable billows of the sea. The politician hastens to agree with the ma­ jority, insists that their prejudice is patriot, ism, that their ignorance is wisdom; not that he loves them but because he loves himself. The statesman, the real reformer, points out the mistakes of the multitude, attacks the prejudices of his countrymen, laughs at their follies, denounces their cruelties, enlightens and enlarges their minds, aud educates the oonscience; not because he loves himself, but because he loves snd serves the right and wishes to make hi a countiy great and free. With him defeat is but a spur to further effort. He who refuses to stoop, wiio cannot be bribed by the promise of success or the fear of failure, who walks the highway of the right, and in disaster stands erect, is the only victor. Noth­ ing is more despicable than to reach fame by crawling, position by cringing. ~ When real history sball be written by the truthful and the wise these men, these kneelers at the shrines of chance and fraud, these brazen Idols worshiped onoe as sods, will be the very food of scorn, while those who bore the burden of defeat, wbo earned and kept their self-respeot, who would not bow to man or men for place or power, will wear upon their breasts the laurel mingled with the oak. Roscoe Conkling was a man of superb cour­ age. He not only acted without tear, but he had that fortiture of soul that bears the conse­ quences of the course pursued without com­ plaint. He was charged with being proud. The charge was true. He was proud. His knees were as inflexible as the "unwedseable and gnarled oak." but he was not vain. Vanity rests on the opinion of others--pride on our own. The source of vanity Is from without--of pride, from withm. Vanity is a vane that turns, a willow that bends with every breeze; pride is the oak that defies the storm. One is cloud, the other rock. One is weakness, the other strength. This imperious man entered publie life in the dawn of tne reformation, at the time when the country needed men of pride, of prinoiple, and oourfcge. The institution of slavery had pois­ oned all the springs of power. Before this crime ambition fell upon its knees--politician!, judges, clergymen, and merchant princes bowed low and numbly with tbelr hats In their hands. The real friend of man was denounced as the enemy of his country, the real enemy of the human rsee was called a statesman and a patriot. Slavery was a bond and pledge of peace, of union, of national greatness. The temple of American liberty was finished--the auction block was tbs corner-stine. It is hard to conceive of the utter demoralize tlcsi, of the political blindness and immorality, of the patriotic dishonesty, of the cruelty and degradation of a people who supplemented the incomparable Declaration of Independence with the fugitive slave law. Think of tht> hon­ ored statesmen ot that Ignoble time, who wal­ lowed in this mire, end wbo, decorated with dripping filth, received the plaudits of their tellow-men. 'ihe noble, the really patriotic, were the victims of nobs, and the shameless were clad in the robes of office. But let us Speak no word of blame: let us feel that each one acted according to his light, according to his darkness. At last the conflict o a trie. The hosts of light and darkness prepared to meet upon the fields of war. The question was presented: Hhallthe Be public be slave or free? The Republican party bad triumphed at the polls. The greatest man in our hi story was President-elect The victors were anpalled. they shrank from the great resi [xjnsihility of Success. In the presence of rebellion they hesitated, they offered to re­ turn the fruit* (,f sictory. Homing to avert war, they were willing that slavery should beoome immortai. An amendment to the Constitution was proposed to the effect that no subsequent amendment should ever be made that tn any way should interfere with the sight of man to steal his feliow-inm. This, the most marvel- ous propoeifi",! nH submitted to a congress of civilised men, received in the Bouse an over­ whelming majority, and the necessary two- thirds in the ttenats. The Republican party. In •hf moment of its triumph, dssertsa every »rlaelpl*tar whieh It bad w> gallantly ooatraZ ISTus.* _ _ his brother's noble Mnnf rsfniMTIwr • voted no. This puts a wreath of glory on his tomb. From that vo*» tothe last aomewt of his life he was a champion Sfe«aST8gh& stanch and stalwart. From that moment he stood in the front rank. He never wavered and he never swerved. By found knowledge, his conscientious devotion to the great cause, and by his intellectual scope and grasp he won and held the admiration of Ills foilow-mmi. Disasters in the field, reverses at the polls did not and could not shake his courage or his faith. He knew the ghastly jnaanlng of defeat. He knew thatthe great ship that slavery sought to strand and Wreck was freighted with the world's subtlmest hope. He battled for a na­ tion's life, for the rights of slaves, the dignity of labor, and Jthe rights of all. Ha guarded with a father soars the rights ot U* hunted, tbs hated iind despised. He attacked the sav­ age statute* ct the reconstructed States with a torrent of taveetive, scons fad sxeoratlon. He was not satisfied until the fteedman was an American citizen clothed with every civil right; until the Constitution was his shield, until the ballot was his sword. And long after we are dead the colored man in and other lands Will speak his name in rever­ ence and love. Others wavered, but hs stood firm; some were false, but lie was proudly true--fearlessly faithful unto death. He glad­ ly. proudly grasped the hands of colored men who stood with him as makers of our laws, and treated them as equals and as friends. The cry of "Sooial equality," coined and uttered by the cruel and the base, was to hint the expres­ sion of a great and splendid truth. He knew that no man can be the equal of the one he robs --that the intelligent snd unjust are not the superiors of the ignorant and honest--and he also felt, and proudly felt, that if he were not too great to reach the hand of help and rec­ ognition to the aluve no other Senator could rightfully refuse. Roscoe Conkling was on absolutely honest man. Honesty is the oak around which all other virtues cling. Without that they fall, and, groveling, die in weeds and dust. He be­ lieved that a nntirn should discharge its ob­ ligations. He kne.v that a promise could not be made often enough or emphatic enough to take the pluce of payment. He felt that the promise of the Government was the promise of every cltUen--that a national obligation was a personal de >t, and that no possible combination of words and pictures could take the place of coin. He uttered the splendid truth that "The nicher obligations among men are not set down in writing, signed and sealed, but reside in honor." He knew that repudiation was the sacrifice Of honor-- the (ieu.th of the national soul. He knew that without character, without integrity, thero is no woaltb, an 1 that below poverty, b«low bank­ ruptcy is the ray less abyss of repudiation. He upheld the sacredness of contracts, of plighted national faith, and helped to save and keep the honor of his native land. This adds an­ other laurel to hiB brow. He was the ideal representative, faithful and incorruptible. He believed that his constitu­ ents and his country were entitled tu the fruit of his experience, to his best and highest thought. No man ever held the standard of responsibility higher than he. cording to his judgment, his conscience. He voted ac- _ nscience. He made no bargains--he neither bought nor sold. To correct evils, abolish abuses, and inau­ gurate reforms he believed was not only the duty but the privilege of a legislator. He neither sold nov mortgaged himself. He was in Congress during the years of vast expendi­ ture, of war and waste, when the credit of the nation WHS loaned to individuals, when claims were thick as leaves in .lune, when the amend­ ment of a statute, the change of a single word, meant millions, and when empires were glveu to corporations. He stood at the summit of bis power--peer of the greatest--a leader tried and trusted. He had the tastes of a prince, the fortune of a peasant, und yet he ne-ver swerved. No corporation Was great enough or rioh enough to prrchase him. His vote could not be bought 'for all the sun sses, or the close earth wombs, or the profound seas hide." His .hand was never touohed by any bribe, aud on his soul there never was a sordid stain. Poverty was his priceless crown. Above his marvelous intellectual gifts--above all place he ever reached--above the ermine he refused-- rises his integrity like some great mountain peak, aed there it stands, firm as the earth be­ neath, pure ss the stars above. He was a great lawyer. He understood the frame-work, the anatomy, the foundations of law; was familiar with .the great streams and currents and tides of authority. He knew the history of legislation, the prinoiplep tbat have been settled upon the fields of war. He knew the maxims, tu>se crystallizations of common- senss, those hand-grenades of argument. He was not a case lawyer, a decision index, or an echo; he Was original, thoughtful, and pro­ found. He had breadth snd scope, re­ source, learning, logic, snd above all a sense of justioe. He was painstaking and conscientious, anxious to know the facts, pi eparing for every attack, ready for every de­ fense. He rested only when Atbe end was reached. During the oontest he neither sent nor received a flag of truce. He was true to his clients--making their case his. Feeling re­ sponsibility, he listened patiently to details, and to his industry there were only the limits of time and strength. He was a student of the Constitution. He knew the boundaries of State THE 8VBIECI and Federal jurisdiction, and no man wee more familiar with those great decisions tbat are the peaks and promontoiies, the headlands ana the beacons of the law. He WHS an orator, earnest, logical, intense, and picturesque. He laid the foundation with care, with accuracy and skill, and rose by "cold gradation and well-balanced form" from the corner-stone of statement to the domed conclusion. He filled the stage. He satisfied the eye; the audicnoe was his. He had that indefinable thing called presence. Tall, com­ manding, erect, ample in speech, graceful in compliment, Titanic in denunciation, rich in illustration, prodigal of comparison and meta­ phor, and his sentences, measured and rhyth­ mical, fell like music on the enraptured throng. He abhorred the Pharisee and 1' athed all conscientious fraud. He had a profound aver- s'on for those who insist on putting base motives back of the L;O:»1 deeds of others. He wore no m sk. He knew his friends; his enemies knew t.t n. He had no patience with pretense--wtth pat­ riotic reasons for unmanly acts. He did his w. rk and bravely spoke his thought. Sensitive to the last degree, he keenly felt the blows and stabs of the envious and obsoure --of the smallest, of the weakest--but the greatest could not drive him from his convic­ tions. He would not stoop to ask or give an ex- Filanatlon. He left his words and deeds to Justl-y themselves. He held in light esteem a friend who heard with half-believing ears tbe slander of a foe. He walked'a highway of his own, and kept the " his self-respect. He would not -avoid a foe, to greet Or gain a company Of turn aside friend. In his him then wrong. He mlsunders ere was no compromise. To but two paths--the right and maligned, misrepresented, and but be .would not answer. He knew that character speaks louder f«r than any words. He was as silent as he is now, and his silence, better than any form of speech, refuted every ohurge. He was an American, proud of his coun­ try, that was and ever will be proud of him. He did not find perfection only in. Other lands. He did not grow small and shrunken, with­ ered and apologetic in the presence ef those upon whom greatness had been thrust by chance. He eonld not be overawed by dukes or lords nor flattered into vertebrateless sub­ servience by ttae patronizing smiles of kings. In the midst of conventionalities he had the feeling of suffocation. He believed in the roy­ alty of man, in the sovereignty of the citteen, ana in the mate Inc.s greatness of this Re­ public. He was of the clsssle mold --m figure from the antique worlds. He bed the pose of tbe great statues, tho f rlde and bearing of the in­ tellectual Oreek, of tbe conquering Roman, end be stood in Ihe wide, free air as though within his veins there Cowed the blood of a hundred kings. And ae be lived he died. Proudly he entered the darkness, or the dawn, tbat we call death. Unshrinking he passed beyond our horizon, be- yonii the twilight's purple litlis, beyond the ut­ most reach of human hnrm or help, to tbat vast realm ot nilencw or ot joy where the innumerable dwell.: and he has leit with us his wealth of thought and deed, the memory at a brave, im­ perious, honest man, who bowed alone to death. TOASTED CBACKEBB.--Slit six Boston butter-crackers, and soak them in cold water until they begin to swell; then pour off the water and drain. Butter a flat baking-pan. Lay the crackers in, erust side down/and Sake ten minutes till they turn a delleate brown. Place them oa a warm dtafc butter lightly, end serve at Wock of the flenati and tha of Repreaeauthr--. Tnkan was a scene ot exetteinent in the House en the 5th inst, after Mr. Woodburu, ot Nebraska, had elosed his remarks en KM tariff MIL He had inoidentaUy remarked »>-• Abram S. Hewitt, of Kew Tack, had eMriectsed to the British minister for having a rseoluMou before the rorty-eifchth Congress Iniegard to the Judicial murder of an American citizen in Jtnclaad. Mr Bryce, of New York, shaking his OngeratWoodl burn, said the statement as to newltt was false trem beginning to raid, and it was coward, ly to make the charge in his absence. Wood- burn, gesticulating wildly, shouted that it was true and ha could prove it. Almost every on the Republican side rose to his feet, and Messrs. Guentber, Darlington and sevetal oth­ ers excitedly talked at Bryee at the seme time. Mr. Bryee was standing in the main aisle near Mr. Rrnmm of Pennsylvania. Tne latter, «i«-w. in it his fist at Bryce, said Hewitt acknowledged the fact on the floor of tbe House and apologised for it and said that it Bryce denied it he said what was false, Bryee said it was cowardly to assail a man in his absanee. Tbe two "»» w«re standing within arms' length ami ing their fists at each other so threateningly it was expected that they would coma to blows. "Is this tbe Senate of tbe United States ?" queried Mr. Hopkins of Illinois, in an informa­ tion-seeking tone, which sot the House in a roar and which poured oil upon the troubled waters, for in a few moments Mr. Bryee and Mr. Brumm were seated together and talking amicably. Ma. RKAOAX made a speech in the Senate, on the 7th inst., in opposition to the pleura-pneu­ monia bill. He believed many of its features were unconstitutional, and said he bad numer­ ous letters and remonstrances protesting against the bill, and sugg stiug tbat its object was to place the control of the cattle of tho eountrv in tne hands of the Chicago syndicate. The Ben- ate, in executive session, ratified the Chinese treaty without a division. Senator Edmunds has reported the fisheries treatv adversely, submitting a written majority report, and Sen­ ator Morgan submitting a favorable minority roport, Mr. Kdmunds gave notioe that he would call up the treaty a week hence. Mr. Palmer withdrew his amendment to the land- prunt forfeiture bill regarding the exemption of pre-emption and homestead claims and offer­ ed a substitute. Mr. Frye introduced a Mil ap­ propriating -cl,001,00.) to provide more efficient mail service between the United States aud Central and South America and the West Indies. The House suspended tha rules and passed the river and harbor bill. Mr. Town- shend introduced a bill appropriating $50,000 for tne erection in Washington of a statue to the memory of Maj. Gen. W. H. Hancock. Mr. Brown of Ohio intio luced a bill modifying tho civil service law. The President has vetoed the bill providing for the sale of cortain New York Indian lands in Kansas. AJTTKB an absence of nearly a week Mr. Voorw hees reappeared on the floor of the Senate on tho 8th inst., and made public acknowledg­ ment of and expressed his regret for the Ian. gaage he used on tne occasion of the rough- and-tumble debate botween himself and Mr. Ingalis. fc'aid he ; "I desire to say to tho Senate that, however severe the provocation which was given, yet I made use of language at that time contrary to parliament­ ary rules and usages snd to the de­ corum of tee senate. I regret hav­ ing used such language, aud tender a proper apology to the Senate of the United States for doing so. My high respeot for the dignity of this body, of which I have been for many years now a member, as well as mv self-resueot, induces me to mako this statement." The Hen- ate discussed the land-grant forfeiture bilL The House of Representatives devoted another day to the discussion of the Mills tariff bill. The principal speech was made by Mr. Hop­ kins, of Illinois, in opposition to the measure. The other speakers were Messrs. Stockdale of Mississippi, MunHur of Missouri, ltichardscnof Tenuessee, J. D. Taylor of Ohio, McAdoo of hew Jersey, Morrow of California, Stone of Missouri, Chipman of Michigan, and Mirtin of Texas. THE railroad land-grant forfeiture bill passed tho Sen at o without division on the 0th Inst. As passed, the bill declares forfeited to the United States all lauds granted to aid in tbe construction of railroads opposite to and co­ terminous with tbe portion of such road not now completed and in operation; and all such lands are doclared to be a part of the public domain. When the river and harbor bill came up, Mr. Cullom offered a Hennepin amendment. It le practically the old measure Authorizing the Secretary of War to construct the canal and feeder on one of the routes here­ tofore surveyed. To begin with, 9500,0J0 IS appropriated. The Senator also introduced a waterway amendment, which provides for a Burvey for a ship canal from Chicago to the Mississippi River. The international copyright bill was, passed by tbe Eenats by a vote of 25 to 10. The bill authoris- it'g the executive departments to par­ ticipate in the Ohio Vullev centennial ex­ position at Cincinnati passed the Senate. Tbe House bill establishing a life-saving station at Kewuunee, Wis., Was also passed by the Hen- «te. The President sent the following nomina­ tions to tbe Senate: Robert B. Roosevelt of New York to be United States Minister to the Netherlands; Lawton V, Moor to be United States Consul at Lyons, France. Tbe House talked all tbe day on the tariff. Messrs. Bou- tf.lle of Maine, Bynum of Indiana, Hooker of Mississippi, Wise of Virginia, and Kcnuedy of Ohio discussed the Mills bill. Two MEPORTS on the fisheries treaty were made to tho Senate on the 10th inst, from the Committee on Foreign Relations. The majority report, after an extended review of the objec­ tions urged and criticisms of the method of negotiation, summarizes the objections to the treaty. It is held that some of the bays left to be visited by American fishermen are value­ less, aud that whether bay tishiug be or be not profitable, the United Mtates ought not to give up the right of iig vessel* to visit these bays, which right has been exercised for more than a century. The new area ot delimitation puts American fisher­ men in great danger of unintentionally invad- iug prohibited water*. Objection is taken to tue tnree-nnle limit, aud it is held that the pro­ posed treaty is a complete surrender oi rights now existing under the treaties of 1763 and 181b, and other agreements. The Presi­ dent's action in withholding part of the correspondence incidental to the negotia­ tion of tbe treaty m resented as a violation of coutiuuoue practice since tbe loupdation of the Government. The minority report claims that, in view of the grave emer­ gency presented by this old and harassing controversy, formal aud technical oojections should not Ml urged, and that the interests of tbe entire country demand that the treaty be ratified. It is urged that to resort to treaty ar­ rangements for regulating the fisheries is bet­ ter than to depend upon the law of nations. Measures of retaliation, non-intercourse, and other forma of hostility are depre­ cated, and It is claimed that in the negotiation of the treaty the President has only performed a plain duty, and bus transferred to the Senate the grave respon­ sibility which he has properly discharged. The rupoit reviews the provisions of the treaty in deta 1 and dofends every provision, in the Houfco of Representatives Mesbra. Cannon, Lane and Post, ot Illiuois, Wiikins and Newton, of Louisiana, Brumm. Atkinson and Ynrdley, of Pennnylvania, Clements and Card.or, of Georgia, Belrten and Tracy, of New Ydrk. l)ar- gan, of South Carolina, Vance, of Connecticut, and White, of Michigan, aired their views on the Mills tariff hill. lloiior B< Ion?* to Service Education is not first or chiefly the mere lenrning of certain facte or principles; it is such a development and tra niun of faculty as makes one master of himself and his conditions. Our preeent definition and popular use of th© word is altogether too nairow. There is something absurd in calling some practically incapable man, some useless member oi society, educated because he happens to have had a parrot­ like knowledge of Greek or French drilled into him; while another, whose eye or hand is trained into fitness !or rendering grand service to the world, is spoken of as uneducated. Honor belongs to service, and if we wish it to go where it belongs we must honor the training which fits one for it. A boy whose genius i-* in the direction of handwork, artisanship, should be able to graduate with an honor equal at least to that which attaches to one wbo is to fill a clerkNhip.--Rer.M. T. Savai'. Laundry Bag. Take a white damask towel, fold tt lengthwise, sew it up one-third of tbe side from each end, leaving one-third of the side open i:> the center; tnrn it on the right side, feather stitch across the ende with red silk, just above the fringe. On one pocket have a handkerchief corner stamped, and on the other tbe words, "Col­ lars snd Cuffs," outlined with red silk. Tie « bow in ihe center, with loop to hang it up. PKOF. ABNOLU says: Why salt gathers on the outfide of butter is because of tbe evaporation of water contained in tbe brine foimed by tbe wilt add-sd lor seas­ oning the butter, the brine being crowded out of tbe butter by contraction from change of temperature. It occurs when too'much moisture is left in butter when Kehigui ' at*d Twdiwwa ttia VatiiMfai !Admini»tration. : ; . : ] i " 1 <; ^ i The Vermont, Marylaad and Tennemae ; Coaventiong Take Similar Aettoa. ' iRte Michigan Democratic Convention aissss fcled at Grand Rapids, and was called to order by Chairman West of the Stata Central Com­ mittee. L. G. Rutherford, Past Commander of the Michigan Department of the Grand Jinny, was chosen as temporary Chairman. Tbe usual committees wan appointed, and Rutherford was confirmed as permanent Chairman. Sev- speeches were made, and the mention of Cleveland's name was loudly cheered. The tateregt taken In the oonvention was enhanced by the factional flgbt in the First District dele- C .?? the selection of ex-Mayor Cham- T ^Daaxrtt, as a delegate-at-large. After Weston, of Grand Rapids, and George L. of Mendon, had been chosen dale- Kate*-as»large by acclamation half a dozen nominations were made for the two remaining nominations. Among the names of Chamberlain and Peter The upper peninsula was dele»t», and white was their M P'aced Chamberlain against tha o 3® WIML?,ho8en °a the last ballot bf chosen^ These district delegates were J. EJmund Haug and Rufns W. Gillett ot De-iroit, •A Charles R Whitman and L. H. Salisbury; alternates, C. F. Cook and J. M. Sterling. 3. Gen. J. G. Parkhurst and Col. Kichaids; alternates, R. J. Frost and A. I). Baughman 4. H. C. Sherwood and William G. HowArd: alternates, F. W. Lyle and W. Tabor. 5. Thomas Savage and Timothy F. McGorry; altercates, Joseph Houseman and E. <X Knapp. 0. ii. D. Winans and Byron G. Stout; el> ternates, W, M. Stevens and Josi&h Bug two. ^ Free 'Eet«s and J. s» Crosby; &lternatffl» Jerome Turner and Maxon Anderson. >• ^ V Siann and W. p. Nisbott; alternates, George Wilson and Fred Neilson. 10. Joseph Turner and F. Maurice Finn; alternates, Judge Stimpson and C. U. Perry. 11. R. C. I lannlgan and A. J. Scott; altern­ ates, (!. A. Parker and Charles Gallagher. Th« resolutions adopted indorse the adminis­ tration of President Cleveland and his tariff policy ; approve of the conuuct of ihe pension department under Gen. Black, and appreciate the honor conferred upon Michigan by the ap­ pointment of Dickinson to the Cabinet. Judge Morse was incidentally mentioned for Vice President. Wellington R. Burt, aspirant for the Demo­ cratic nomination for Governor, was on tha ground and entertained liberally. ALABAMA UKMOCRAT3. A State Ticket Headed by Governor Seiijr" 'Named--Cheers for Cleveland. The Alabama Democratic State Convention met at Montgomery and elected E. T. Taliferro Permanent Chairman. Upon taking the chair he made a speech, and every mention of Presi­ dent Cleveland's name was enthusiastically cheered. This State ticket was nominated: For Governor--Thomas Seay; renominated by acclamation. For Secretary of State--C. C. Langdoo. For Treasurer--John L. Cobbs. 1'or Auditor--C. D. Hogue. For Attorney General--T. N. MeLellan. For Superintendent of Education-- S. Palmer. The delegates to the National Convention are: From the State at large. F. W. Pettus, G. B. ClRrk, W. F. Foster, and H. C. Tompkins. The district delegates are: * 1. D. P. Beston and J. C. Webb. 2 Lenncnt I.omax and J. F. Stalliugs. 3. J. H. Or. Martin and B M. Steveijg, 4. A. E. Carver and C. W. Hooper. 5. H. G. Wilkinson and P. A. Huydk. ^ , < 6. L. B. Mosgrove and Lewis Stone, . 7. John H. Caldwell and Thos 8. Plowlan. 8. R. C. Hunt and Henderson Peeples. The platform strongly indorses President Cleveland, and Instructs tbe delegates to vote for his renomination The tariff plank is as follows: "We aie unalterably opposed to tho present war tariff. We demand a reform of the tariff and a reduction of the surplus in tne Treasury by a reduction of tariff taxation." VERMONT DEMOCRATS. A State Ticket Nominated at Montpeller--_ Cleveland Cheered. The Vermont Democratio Stato Convention organized at Montpeller with Patrick M. Mel- don, of Rutland, as Permanent Chairman. Mr. Meldon eulogized President Cleveland, and ' was heartily applauded. This ticket was nom­ inate d: For Governor-- 8. C. Sohutleff, of Montpeller. For Lieutenant Governor--T. C. O'bnllivan*;' of Burlington. For Treasurer--W. E. Peck, of Barnet. For Secretary of State--Dr. W. B. Mayo, of Northfleld. For Au iltor--George M. Dearborn, of Corinth. These delegates-at-large to the St. Louis Con­ vention were chosen: W. H. H. Bingham of Hyde Park, J. D. Han- rahan of Rutland, J. H. Senter of Montpeller, and Martin Goddurd of Ludlow. The district delegates to St. Louis are: '* . 1. J. Hall of Dauby and A. P. Grinnell ef ' Burlington. 2. T. H. Chubb of Thetford and Alexander ' Cochran of Ryegate. The Presidential electors chosen are: Waldo Bingham of Hyde Park Qnd Edward Dechesne of Burliugton. The platform heartily indorses President Cleveland's administration and urges his re­ election ; favors such taritf revision as will re­ duce taxation to the needs of tbe government economically administered ; declares in favor of a stringent license law with local-option prohibition, and charges the Republican party of the State with hypocrisy in iavoriug prefer bitlon laws and neglecting to enforce them. ^ • i MARYLAND DKSIOCRATS. Delegates to St. Louis Instructed to Sup­ port Mr. Cleveland. The Maryland Democratio State Convention met and organized by electing Colonel H..K. Douglas Chairman. Hb eulogized Cleveland and was loudly applauded. A platform was adopted which strongly indorses the adminis­ tration of President Cleveland and instructs the Maryland delegates to St Louis to oast th<ir votes solidly tor him, aud declares in fa­ vor of tarlif.revision. The following delegates-at-large were elected; The Hon. A. P. Gorman. Geriuon H. Hunt, Col. L. V. Baughman, and John B. Brown. The district delegates are : 1. William S. Wilson and Thomas Hqig- phreys. 'H"i; 2. N. C. Burke and James R. Whlteford. 3. Col. Albert Ritahie and Frank A. Furst. 4. William T. Biedler and Robert Crane. 5. R. H. Edelin and T. H. Hunt. A. Daniel Annan and Buchanan Schley. These electors were chosen: At Large--Henry Page and James Hodges. FiTst District--W S.;ott Roberts. Keconci District--Col. Jum >s G. Berritt. trd District--W. N. f-mith. Fourth District--L G. Moale, Fifth District--R. C. Combs., • Sixth District--H. W. Talbot. . , working it, and when then is BO lfitacti water in the composition of tu'ter that it _ oanarnb frMilv an/i inrnm An atoars i\f I a.*.provivl. X ua^G re ason and right TBHKES8SB ^ They Sleet Delegates to St Louis and dorse President Cleveland, The Tennessoe Democrats assembled in State oonvention at Nashville and organized with W. C. Houston in the chair. A resolution was in­ troduced ciit elzing President Cleveland for al­ lowing ltepubliruus to remain in oi&ce, which was i romptly tabled on motion of cx-Congre-s- niau Casev Vouiu', of Memuhis. Cheers fur Cleveland were given with a will. These dele- gHtes-nt-large to the St Louis convention were chose-n: ^ A. M. Loonev, Cant JohnR. Godwin, H. H. Ingersoll of Knox, and ex-Gov. John C. Brown of Gile*. Ex-Gov. A. S. Farka, of Franklin, and the Hon. Jo*it.h Patterson were chosen Electors for the State-at-larce. ' . ,, • The platform indorses Cleveland s adminis­ tration, hie recent message to Congress, and tha management of a Hairs in Teunessee during the past two years. COXKLING'S LAST LETTER* ' ™"~~™~~" i Written to tlie Editor of a Paper in Hoik land, Mich. The following, to the editor of the Gron&mt, of Holland, Mich., Is the last letter Idr. Conkling wrote Iumiedi«te!y after the publication of Mr. Blaine's public withdrawal tbe editor of the Groiuiu ei suggested the noiniuatiou o: Mr. Conkling, or requested him to name soiue one ou whom tbe whole party oould unite, when he responded as folio*#: Ko, A WALL ST , March 19.1888. Mr DEAR Sin: Your kind and valued letter found me in the midst of a trial, which fell demands all my time and compels a hasty answer. The copy of your p;ij>er came also, «nd I gratefully appreciate tbe confidence yon express. You may not know that I am wholly out of politics, and have no in ention ever by any act ot mine to become a caedidnte for any otlice. Such is the fa< t, and the m- ntion of my name by you and such others as have so hon­ ored me has been not only without my rrivity, but without mv wish. Rest as­ sured tbat no such thnught will ever pre­ vail to any wide e tent All this, how­ ever, does not lessen my gratification at your assurance that you, and npi^hbors with the blood and traditions of Holland, look upon i case tbe butter contracts from tbe libera­ tion of moisture without change of temper- d ascended from Holland, and could explain tho special pleasure your words have given men. Compelled to keeper fares possible -loot from poiitioal-cor- :t« ature, just m curd contracts from libera- j SJST^rite m YOU aStt^ ̂ St^ Won of its whey by tbe action of rennet, or i didates for pubiicatiou. HInc rely Sankim; as lean meat eootiaets by separation of 4la J you, eosdlaUy youm, _ 1:O<COK ComcunSF^ t X, v ' 11 " moisture from the applioation of salt, , Verwey, EsQuirv Holland, Uieh. iiii - " V . , - • . :< . ;