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fff] \J >.« ViP' * A V* >^ «•• <# - I . * » ,'•' ^ \ff< •aWlpMil f Uindcalet K l» YM&YYC, ILLINOia i received injuries, though not serious, mall cars caught fire and considerable the mail was destroyed. (.va* ELECTRIC FLASHES. •ITTEST TBTBGRAPHIC NEWS FROST AU PARTS OF THK WORLD. H f (MHIMI Gossip, Railroad Rumblings, Per- fU MnlMention, Confl»jr»Uom, Accident*, €rim«i mntl Criminals, Minor Occur* / gpaees and Events. . . THE BUSINESS W0 * Ca. SuuRartsa the Operations for the V- \ Past Week. Is their review of trade for the past **ek. It. G. Dan A Co. say: Rxports of breadstuff*. cotton, provisions, pe- tooteuui, «nl cattle tfrom the principal porta In Septemoer were 5*33,208,67» in value, against >37,i>l9.7jl last year. But since Oct. 1 tlio brearlatutfs movement has been &1- aaeat entirely arrested. as is natural with prices at N'«w York higher than at Liverpool, and l)o- MDIIHT wht'RT as high at Chicago as at New Tork. Evorv interior i>oiiit reporting r presen a teainesa as improving, and at not a few points It is larger tbau a year ago. No complaint «f scarcity of uiouevis heard. Bar iron ia satfeer less firm owing to Western offerings, and in rails no Kasteni sales are reported HMl only 10,' 00 tons at Pittsburgh and 20,(HJJ »t Chicago. The official report shows that for nine months. ending Oct. 1, werj J,UJ.S8a tons, against 1,s3.'J.1A> last year, mid de­ liveries P£l.:i63 tons, against l,.')90,8i:5 last year. The coal trade is now The wool market eeatinws strong, with the best grades scarce, OMd rrices bare again slightly advanced. A Hotter feeling is tooted in dry-poods, though the tnade at present is only moderate in volume and buvera coLUicne to operate with caution. Tbe faituiea occurring throughout tbe titling tbe week number 224. KILLED AND ROBBED. fes ; A Pijnuter and His Assistant Eseounter > Hifhwajnn. A D.VKIN'G murder and robbery occurred afew miles from Wilkes-Barre, Pa., ou the Wilkes-Barro Mountain. Paymaster John 6. McClurc and Stable Boss Hugh Flanigan of Philadelphia and their horse were shot dead and a sum of money amounting to $12,COO in their possession was taken by the murderers. The mur­ dered ir.en started out in a buggy to pay^ the workmen on McFadden's new branch of the Lehigh Vailev Railroad between Mill Creek and Lunrel linn,and their dead todies were found lying on the road in a lonely strip of woods. THE OPEN SWITCH. $¥/_ . • • ^ I t a f k I n P e n n s y l v a n i a o f t h e B . & 0 . C a n n o a - f , Ball Express. T THE cannon-ball express on the Balti- f*ore and Ohio, which left Cincinnati, ran Into an open switch near the Washington, Pa., depot, and was precipitated over a trestle a distance of ten feet. The train •was running at a high rate of speed, and was almost completely wrecked. The en­ gineer, James Xoouan, and a passenger named Newell, of Wheeling, were instant­ ly killed, and about twenty injured, a number seriously, g., . , • . |-F; AFTER KNIGHTS OF LABOR. I' HMMrtcan Bishops to Obtain Declarations as to gy' * Its Innocuousness. V ' » A LONDON telegram 6tates that the Chronicle's Borne correspondent says: "The Holy Office is about to issue a de­ cree instructing the Bishops in America to obtain from the leaders of the Knights of .JLabor verbal declarations as to the innoc- /aonsness of the order." «i Kat Goodwin Married. • HE famous comedian, Nat Goodwin, has married, at Chicago, Miss Nellies Baker, the niece of a rich ship builder, of Buffalo, N. Y. Miss Baker, it is said, recently secured a private divorce from Edward Pease, her former husband, with whom she eloped when both were iu their teens. Mrs. Goodwin is about twenty-one years old, and was much admired and courted by society. It was said that at the time of Goodwin's last engagement in Boffalo she aroused the jealousy of Lilia Parrel, a pretty actress of the company, who was said to be engaged to the come­ dian at that time. WESTERN HAPPENINGS. JUIIIA BECK, a good-looking and mnoh- admired young lady of Kansas City, Mo., committed suicide because 6he thought she was not pretty. She was exceedingly bright and good-looking. For ten years she had lived iu seclusion. AT Waverly, Iowa, Mrs. M. E. Billings has been arrested on the charge of having committed perjury in her testimony given in the trial of her husband fot the mur­ der of County Attorney Kingsley. 'JUDGE THAYER, of the United States Court, has rendered a decision at St. Louis that will tend to put an end to much annoyance to shippers hereafter. Plaint­ iffs Wyuian & Holman had imported a luge quantity of tin from Europe. The Chicago and Alton Kail road laid freight claim to the goods, the importers refusing to pay what thoy regarded as ex- ' cessive charges. They offered a bond to guarantee costs, but the Surveyor of the Port of St. Louis, R. D. Lancaster, re­ fused to surrender the goods, declining to recognize the sufficiency of the bond. Judge Thayer has decided in favor of the firm, Wyman £ Ilolman, giving them their goods, one cent damages, and assessing costs against Lancaster. AT Fort Wayne, Ind., while the proces­ sion for the Thurman parade was being formed, a rocket fell on a wagon-load of fireworks which exploded. The driver, Lorenzo Bouse, was fatally burned, dying in a short time, and Bobert L. Smith, Manager of the Academy of Music, was badly burned and may lose his eyesight. While trying to force a street car through a crowd, L. D. McNutt, superintendent of the line, was attacked and badly beaten. HOLLIS GREEK, living on the Blue River in the Choctaw Nation, I. T., was called to his door ono night and sbot to death. Green was an important witness in a mnrder trial at Fort Smith, and it is presumed that his death resulted from snowing too much of the case. Who did the killing is a mystery. A TERRIBLE accident occurred near Yel­ low Creek Station, on the new Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City Bailroad, about ten miles southwest of Freeport, 111. Freight train No. 97 was in two sections. When the regular was near Yellow Creek she slacked up for some reason or else broke down on a curve, for suddenly the gleam of the headlight of the engine draw­ ing the extra dashed into the cabooso and the iron monster crashed into the rear of the other train, shattering the caboose into kindling-wood, and almost instantly kill­ ing three of the six occupants. The acci­ dent occurred in a locality comparatively sparsely settled. The killed were: James Orr, of Larrimore. Minn.; John Brown, of St. Paul, Minn.; Edward Kickey, of Fair­ banks-, Minn.; and the injured. E. B. Smith, of Stockton, ankle crushed; Grant Martin, of St. Charles, terribly bruised and injured internally. All the men killed were 6tockmen, who were traveling in charge of stock. J. A. HENRY, editor of the Jonesville (Minn.) Argus, has.decided to again wed his wife, so it is said, from whom he was divorced some time ago because of her in­ fatuation for and elopement with the Bev. David Seymour. CHARLEY REDFIKLD, ex-Treasurer, of McYicker's Chicago theater, died at Boze- man, Montana, from the effects of mor- i phine, probably taken with suicidal in­ tent MBS. CATHERINE MCMAHON died at Greencastle, Ind, aged 103. She had lived there since 1853. (gvj'J.;*-' Chicago Theatricals. « THE eminent comedian, Joseph Jeffer- v son, is delighting large audiences nightly at McVicker's by his unrivaled imperson­ ations. The last week of his engagement will be devoted to the "Rivals," Mr. Jeffer­ son appearing in his inimitable role of Bob Acres. He will be assisted by Mrs. John Drew and a great comedy cast. MCVICKEB'S THEATER cost, as it stands ••-day, about three-quarters of a million. It is not only tho handsomest but the most commodious and safest place of amusement in this country. !t; " Crushed by a Snow-Slide. S; Two MINERS. Charles and Wm. Weller, "•bile digging their way through the snow ftom La Junta basin to Telluride, Col., were caught in a snow-slide, carried 1,500 feet down the mountain, and buried under twenty feet of snow and rocks. William dug himself out, but Charles was found . crashed to a shapeless mass under several h,; hundred tons of snow and rocks. NEARING THE END. Business Done by Congress--Oaljr a Few Members Present. NOTHING WM done by Congress on the 19tb last. Only » handful of members were present M each boose, and tbe proceedings were al- most entirely devoid of interest. The only miief to the dull monotony of waiting for 2* J?ouf. of adjournment was a discussion fa tbe fcenate of the question of freeing spirits used In the arts and manufactures. Mr. Cockrell presented several letters of the in- H™, .,ev®tlue Commissioner in reference to .. .c' 'j , 'r'lud iu connection with methylated alcohol. Mr. Allison contended that «»ery safeguard suggested by the Commissioner WM contained in the Senate tariff bill, and that g ryjpwyt was suBicient to prevent il- HC^istilUUion the same law would prevent ta> redistillation of methylated alcohol; but all objections were met by the fact that Great llrit-2? ^ Oeraany allowed methylated alcohol to •eused in the arts and industries. The recala- nons adopted were not difficult of enforcement abd could be enforced here. BA8TERN OCCURRENCES. * AH explosion of gas caused a fire which destroyed the Cameron colliery at Shamo- «in, Pa. The loss is placed at $75,000, •nd 1,000 men are rendered idle. A PECULIAR law-suit has been conclud­ ed in the Superior Court before Judge ' rT?' 4t DanbaiT. Conn., in which i- father of a murdered man sued the - £B>*d«rer for $5,000 for the loss of his ^ > *0y**erV.1Cea,- _^e "iminai case has not SOUTHERN INCIDENTS. THE yellow fever at Jacksonville, Fla., is slowly dying out. The total number of cases is 3,554, and deaths 313. NAT NATHANIEL, a negro, has been lynched n$ar Wharton, Texas, and trouble between the races is feared. Nathaniel shot and killed Isaac Yan Dorn, a white engineer, because the latter prevented him from whipping a negro boy. The murderer was captured by a posse of citizens at Wharton, who were taking him to Brazo ­ ria, when an armed and masked mob took the prisoner from them and hanged him from a tree. POLITICAL PORRIDGE. THE Democrats of the Ninth Congres­ sional District of Missouri (St. Louia) have nominated George A. Castleman. Joseph E. Haynes has been nominated for Congress by the Democrats of the Sixth New Jersey District. Colonel Augustus Belknap nas been nominated for Congress in the Tenth Texas District. THE following Congressional nomina­ tions have been made: Michigan--First District, J. Logan Chipman (Dem.), re­ nominated. Texas--Seventh District, Col. C. J. Brewster (Rep.) of Laredo. New Jersey--Third District, John Kean, Jr., (Rep.), renominated. New York--Eight­ eenth District, Samuel B. Sandford (Dem.) of Troy. Michigan--First Dis­ trict, Hibbard Baker (Rep.). Pennsyl­ vania--Twenty-fifth District, Samuel Griffiths (Dem.) of Mercer. THE second day's registration in New York City was exceptionally large, 90,979 names being registered, as against 77,566, 66,302, 70,475, and 63,408 for the respec­ tive years 1884, 1885, 1886, and 1887. THE following Congressional nomina­ tions have been made: Louisiana--Fifth District, Gen. Frank Morey (Rep.), of Madison Parish; Firs*, Charles B. Wil­ son (Rep.), colored, of New Orleans, in place of Pinchback, declined. « ' • services UtidS ttoM Wt«.eTi"<'gea a™, MrStimn' 8aTC a Ct for thePl»int- A FATAX wreck occurred on the Cum- j. fcerland Valley Bailroad, near Shippens- korg. P9 Owing to a misunderstanding of orders, passenger trains Xos. 9 and 14 going in opposite directions, collided with­ in a few miles of Shippensburg. Both were running at a high rate of speed une together with terrific force; the of one being driven over five'feet the other, and tho express cars being into the baggage cars. Baggage Charles Bitner, of Harrieburz, WM* caught between the cars and so badly MBtltd that he died in a short time. Owaquctors Linn and Bowman were each trol or repeal treaty stipulations has been cloarly reoognixed. The counsel for the Chirteas |ava notice that they would ap­ peal tp the Federal Supreme Court. This decision affects about 30,000 Chinese who hold return certificates and about 3,000 who deputed from this country before the passage of the restriction act. JOHN H. KNAPI», the millionaire Presi­ dent of the lumber firm of Knapp, Stout & Co., died of cancer of the face at Me­ nominee, Wis. The Rev. Dr. Beale Schmucker, late pastor of Trinity Luther­ an Church of the Transfiguration, expired on board a train near Phenixville, Pa. He was 63 years of age, and one of the best- known Lutheran ministers in America. A NEW ENGLAND genius has recently discovered a cheap method of dissolving zinc by combining it with hydrogen and procuring a solution called sine water. This liquid, if applied to certain woods, notably white wood, makes it absolutely fire-proof, and at a low cost. This discovery is regarded one of the mo&t important of the age, and one that will surely revolutionize fire insurance, as well as immensely decrease the loss by fire. The invention is kept secret for the present. The inventor is a blundering chemist, but he has a faculty of blunder­ ing into the choicest secrets in Nature's laboratory. As soon as the patents are perfected and capital interested, zinc water will become an article of commerce.' LEAGUE BALL SEASON. CHICAGO GET® SECOND PJLACB, DC- SPITE ILL-LICK. ACROSS THE OCEAN. OFFICIAL announcement is. made from the German Consulate of the declaration of a German protectorate over Pleasant Island, located in the South Pacifio in 0 degrees 25 minutes south, and 167 degrees 5 minutes east. It will hereafter be sub­ jected to the same government as the Mar­ shall, Brown, and Providence islands. A ST. PETERSBURG dispatch says: "The rearranging of the Russian troops in tho vicinity of the Austrian frontier is pro­ ceeding actively, in response to the move­ ments of tho Austrian forces. No special change in the relations between the two countries has taken place. Tho move­ ment of the Russian troops is merely a measure of precaution." MR. THURMAN'S LETTER. ?. His Acceptance of the Vice-Presidential Nom­ ination. EX-SENATOB THURMAN'S letter accept­ ing the nomination of the St. Louis con­ vention to the Vice-Presidency is as fol­ lows: coLrsrBcs, Ohio, Oct. 13. Tbe HOB, Patrick A. Collins and Others, Com­ mittee: GENTLEMEN--In obedience to custom, I send yon this formal acceptance of my nomination for the office of Vice President of the United States made by the national convention of tho Democratic party at ht. Louis. When you did me the honor to call upon me at ColumbuB and officially notify me of my nomination I ex­ pressed to you my sense of obligation to tbe convention, and Btated that, although I bad not Bought the nomination, 1 did not feel at liberty, under the circumstances, to decline it. I thought then, as I still think, that whatever I could properly do to promote the re-election of President Cleveland 1 ought to do. His administration has been marked by such integrity, cood sense, manly courage, and exalted patriotism that a just ap­ preciation of thaso high qualities seems to call xor his re-ele3tion. I am KISO strongly impressed with the beliof tnat his re-election would pow­ erfully tend to strengthen tuat feeling of frater­ nity among t:io American people that is so es­ sential to their welfare, peace, and happiness, and to the perpetuity of the Union and of oar free institutions. I approve the platform of the St. Louis con­ vention, and I cannot too strongly express my dissent from tho heretical teachings of tbe monopolists that the welfare of a people can be promoted by a system of exorbitant taxa­ tion far in excess of the wants of the Govern­ ment. Their Idea that a people can be enriched by heavy and unnecessary taxation--that a man's condition can be improved by taxing him on all he wears, on all his wife and children wear, on all his tools and implements of indus­ try--is an obvious absurdity. To fill the vaults of the treasury with an idle surplus for which the Government has no legitimate use, and to thereby Seprive the people of currency needed for their business ami daily wants, and to create a powerful and dangerous stimulus to extrava­ gance and corruption in the expenditures of tbe Government, seems to me to bo a policy at vari­ ance with every Bound principle of government and of political economy. The necessity of reducing taxation to prevent such an accumulation of surplus revenue and the consequent depletion of the circulating medium is so apparent that no party dares to deny it; but when we come to consider the modes by which the reduction may be made we find a wide antigonism between our party and the monopolistic leaders of our political oppo­ nents. We seek to reduce taxes upon the necessa­ ries of life; our opponents heek to increase them. We say give to the masses of the people cheap and good clothing, cheap blankets, cheap tools, and cheap lumber. The Republicans, by their platform and i beir leaders in thu henate, by their proponed bill, say increase the taxes on clothing and blankets and thereby increase their cost, maintain a high duty on the tools of the farmer and mechanic at d upon the lumber which they need for the construction of tbeir modest dwellings, shops, aud barns, and there­ by prevent their obtaining those necessaries at reasonable prices. Can ar.y sensible man doubt as to where he should stand in this contro­ versy ? Can any well-infonned man be deceived by the false pretence that a system so unreason­ able and unjust is for tbe benefit oL laboring men? "Much is said about competition of American lab rers with the pauper labor of Europe, bat does not every man who looks around him see and know that an immense majority of tbe laborers in America are not engaged in what are called the protected industries? And ai to those who are employed in such indus­ tries, is it not undeniuble that tho duties proposed by the Democratic measure called the Mills bill far exceed the difference between American and Kuropesn wa(ea, and that, therefore, if it wero admitted that our workingman can be protected by tariffs against cheaper labor, they would lie fully protested and more than protected by that bill? Does not every well-informed man know that the increase in price of home manufBCtures produced by a high tariff does not go into the pockets of labor­ ing men, but only tends to swell the profits at others ? "It seems to me that if the policy of the Dem­ ocratic party is plainly presented all must un­ derstand that we seek to make the cost of liv­ ing less, and, at tho same time, increase the share of ttie laboring man in tbe benefits of na­ tional prosperity and growth. "I am, very respectfully, your obedient ser­ vant, ALX.EN G. TMUJUIAS. MARKET REPORTS. INDUSTRIAL ITEMS. THE great street car strike of Chicago, after a duration of nine days, terminated on the 14th inst., favorably to the men. STBIKEBS and hoodlums on the North Side, Chicago, attacked the new 6treet-car drivers and conductors on the Garfield av­ enue cars, and several of the men were severely injured. One striker had his wrist broken, and another was shot in the foot. IT is Btated that Mr. Barry, late lecturer of the Knights of Labor, has sent a circu­ lar to Knights at Toronto, Ont., to the effect that he and others are about to start a new labor society. FRESH AND NEWSY. L. H. STONAKEB, cashier of the SIOUX City (Iowa) freight-honse of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway, absconded lately, and his accounts are discovered to be $4,000 short. The Canada Insurance Company is on his bond. JUDGE SAWYER of the United States Circuit Court at San. Francisco, has an­ nounced his decision in two cases brought to test the Chinese exclusion act. The court decides that the act is constitu­ tional and, by its terms, became operative immediately upon its passage. The court further declares that the return certificate granted to Chinese departing from this country is not a contract, but is simply an instrument to establish the identity of a party entitled to certain priv­ ileges under a compact bet ween the United States and China. Treaties, the decision says, confer privileges as long as they are in force, but the right Conjpegg if Qpu- CHICAGO. CATTLE--Prime Steers Good Common HOGS--Shipping Grades SHEEP WHKAT--No. 2 Bed. COBX--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 RYE--NO. 2 BUTTER--Choice Creamery...... CHEESE--Full Cream, flab....... Koos--Fresh POTATOES--Car-loads, per bu.... POBK--Men MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--Cash COBN--No. 3 OATS--No. 2 White....... BYE--No. 1 HAHLEY-NO. S POM--Mess DETROIT CATTL*....I HOGH SHEEP WHEAT--No. 2 Bed...... CORN--No. 2 Yellow OATS--No. 3 White. TOLEDO. WHEAT--No. 2 Bed CORN OATH--No. 3 White MEW TORE. CATTUI Hoos *. SHEEP WHEAT--No. 3Bed... CoiiN--No. 2 OATS--White POBK--2iew Mess ST. LOUIS. CATTLE Hoos WHEAT--No. 8. COBN--No. 3 OATS--No. 3 BYE--No. 2. INDIANAPOLIS. CATOE Hoos SHEER. LAMBS.... . CINCINNATI" Hoos WHEAT--No. 3 Bed. COBN-tNO. 3. OATS--No. 2 Mixed BYE--No. 2 POBK--Mess KANSAS CITY. CASTXJB--Choice. Medium Common......... 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New York has won the League and St. Loui9 the Asso­ ciation championship, and the two are now battling for the world's championship hon­ ors. New York captures the League pen­ nant for the first time since the League was organized, and Chicago, who has taken the flag six times since '76, is a good second. There is, therefore, no remson for complaint in this neighborhood. We have made a good fight, despite some very hard luck and some very poor pitching. If Anson had had a Clark- son or a Keefo to change with Krock Chicago would have won the pennant. There can be no doubt of the truth of this declar­ ation. The figures show for them­ selves. Anson lost the championship because six of his Ditchers could not get the ball over the plate. These men were Clarke. Bry- nan, Borchors, Mains, Baldwin, and VJUI Haltren. The records show that more games were „ _1T,_ lost through the JOHN M. WARD. \vildne6s of these pitchers than through the errors of all the rest of the players of the team. Cap'n An­ son may receive immeasurable credit for bringing a team of "colts" into second place, but his generalship and shrewdness begins and ends with tho retention of those threo marvelous players who. like himself, guard the infield. Without that stone wall, against which the shots of the country's mightiest bats­ men have beaten for "many years, tho Chi­ cago team would on this damp, duck-flying morning stand so far from the top of tho column that it would take a tape measure to mark the distance. With that infiold and a mediocre outfield, two good pitchers-- pitchers no stronger than Krock and O'Day --could come pretty near winning any pen­ nant. In bestowing praise it would be well, therefore, to remember that while Cap'n Anson is a good deal of a man, his general­ ship on the field and his wisdom in pick- ing young players have not placed Chi­ cago in second place. The colts, in fact, 'lost the championship. But there is no use of complaining. The the best since the organization of the League. Tho sport has been of a high standard, some of tho struggles have been the best in the history of base-ball, and four cities liavo at one time during the season led the race in the percent ago table. The Chi. cago team will, per'-' haps, moke a better showing next year. Cap'n Anson has at CAPT. A. C. ANSON. last got some pitchers. Toner, Dwyer and Gumbert have shown that they can get the ball over the plate with commendable ac­ curacy and speed, and with Krock, Baldwin, Hutchinson and Wood as possible alternates the Chicaeos in 188!) will be wonderfully strong in tho box. The infield will remain intact. Sullivan and Pettitwill be Sold, and the_ outfield will be Van Haltren, Ryan and Duffy. There will be some new backstops, but their names cannot bo given. Farrell and Daly • will be held, but there seems to be some un­ certainty as to the future of Darling and Flint. Washington is after the "Old Hoss," but it is probable that he will not be sold. We want him hero. Without Flint the Chi­ cago team would, in tho opinion of a great many people, be as useless as a gun without powder. "Old Hoss" has played good ball all year, and enjoys to a great extent the distinction of having: developed Krock. Below will be found the final standing of the League clubs for the settson: . . Played. Won. -Lost. Perct. Ifsw York Chicago Philadelphia,.. Boston Detroit.. Pittsburgh Indianapolis... Washington.... Following is the standing of tho American Association clubs at the close of tho season: Played. Won. Lost. Perct. fit. Louis 13a 94 43 .681 Brooklyn 140 88 53 .628 Athletics ..135 81 54 - .'00 Cincinnati 133 80 53 '597 Baltimore ....133 58 80 .420 Cleveland 132 . 51 81 .380 Louisville 135 48 87 .355 KanBas City 133 44 83 .333 Before the base-ball season was half over rumors were afloat that Detroit Would not be represented iu the League next year un­ less that team won the pennant. This was at the time when, without the services of Richardson, Rowe, Thompson and Hanlon tho club was not drawing a corporal's guard to its games. The reports were discredited by the pub­ lic and denied in so emphatic a manner by the Wolverine man­ agement that nothing more was said. Ke- cAitly tho rumors wero again scattered broadcast and were once more denied, but despite" the denial Secretary Leadly ad­ mitted that the 'man­ agers had sent circu­ lars to the other League clubs an­ nouncing their deter­ mination to dispose of their best players and CAPT. HANLON. asking that bids bo made. Boston, New York, Philadelphia, •and Pittsburg jumped at tho bait, and tho telegraph wires were kept busy with propositions and bids. For days this sort of thing was kept up until the negotiations were closed. Boston took the cream, and paid a gOodly sum for it. Brouthers will take Morrill's place at first base next year. Hardio Richardson will be on second base. Thompson in right field, and Bennett and Ganzel behind tho bat. The sum paid for tho five was $20,000. Conway and Itowe, it is said, go to Pittsburg for $8,000, and Dec- icon White, Getzein and Hanlon go to Phila­ delphia for $5,000. It has always been un­ derstood that the "big four"--Richardson, Itowe, White, and Brouthers--would decline to go anywhere except they go together, and for this reason it is likely that Boston may also get Rowe and White. Sutcliffe, Beatin. Gruber, Decker, Flana­ gan, Twitchell, Nicholson. Campau< and Wells, it is said, will go to Cleveland, a syn­ dicate from that city having bought Detroit's franchise and the colts for $10,(KK). Another and equally sensational deal is said to be on foot, and which involves the Indianapolis, Cincinnati, and St. Louis Clubs. It is intimated that Von der Ahe and Stern will buy the franchise and players from the Indianapolis Club, place a team of ball-tossers picked from the Indianapolis and Cincinnati Clubs at the latter city, leavo the Association, and join the League. In an interview with PresidentYoung, of the National League, at Washington, a few days ago, he said: "The attendance at the League games during the season of 1888 was the largest in the history of tne game. Tho patronage of base-ball has shown a steady Increase from year to year, and I do not be­ lieve it has yet reached its maximum by a large majority. The game is constantly growing in popular favor, and Its hold upon the better class of citizens in the various communities becoming stronger as the honesty and integrity of the game are more clearly recognized." Regarding batting he said: "The seeming decrease in batting is owing to the growing superior skill of the f itehers and tho greater number of them, n other years there were comparatively few good pitchers, and the strong batters made up their big averages at tho expense of the less skillful ones. But even admit­ ting the weakness in batting, the games this season have been marked by a degree of interest heretofore only associated with a few. This was duo to the greater equality existing between tho eight different League clubs. It is a condition of things that has been sought for many years, and never before have the clubs been more evenly matched. The champions and tail-enders fought with a stubbornness and uncertainty never before known in games between clubs of such widely different positions in the matter of record standing. There should be moro batting. I do not care to suggest at present changes that might be made to bring this about on account of my official position. What I mean should be done is something that will offset or prevent so many strike­ outs. Bo long as the ball is hit It helps to HON. JOHN WENTWffllllt DEATH CLOSES AN EVKNTfTTIi HBEB IN CHICAGO. 'J" CA. 131 84 47 .641 IjG 77 68 .570 8) 61 , .530 70 64 f .522 .131 68 63 .519 .134 66 68 .492 .135 60 85 .370 .134 48 86 .358 "tnf John" Wentworth Paas«« -AW«y at the Sherman House -- The End of a Long and Active Life -- Brief Sketch of a Well - Known Character. [Chicago special.] The death of "Long John" Wentworth took place at the Sherman House In this city after an illness of about four weeks, thus ending the life of, in many particulars, a remarkablo man. He was 6 feet 6 inches high, and his will was as imperious as his stature. A thousand years ago he would have been an Alfred or a Clovis, and would have founded a dynasty. His manners were about as brusque and his spirit as domin­ eering as the old feudal despots. Though born in one of the oldest States--New Hamp­ shire--he came to Chicago at a time which dtiYclopediexceful charjicturs. Th.ttjfffiffh- S3 323. a&d'Teadr irarfus Into whfoh everybody plunged for his fortune forced Mr. Went­ worth to the front and made him a typical bluff and hearty Western character. He was born March 5,1815, at Sandwich. Stratford County, N. H. New Hampshire might be called Wentworth and the mis­ nomer scarce be noticed. Mr. Wentworth graduated at Dartmouth college in 1836 and was the oldest member of the Alumni As­ sociation of that college in Chicago. Having left college ho came to Chicago the following autumn, arriving Oct. 25,1836. Mr. Wentworth had a Latin grammar in his pocket, and expected to teach after ho got settled, but, always interested in poli­ tics, he became within a month of his ar­ rival in Chicago editor of tho Chicago Dem,' ocrat. He was a stanch friend of Stephen A. Douglas. Once, when Douglas was to be billed for a speech in Chicago and "Long" John was short of help, ho took hold of the old press and worked it with his own hands while the "Little Giant" inked the rollers. Mr. Wentworth never would be anywhere except at the head, and when Mr. Douglas got too big for him in Illinois, Mr. Went­ worth became the Senator's political en­ emy. As an editor he was gruff and positive as in every other relation of life. Ho was once challenged by a little man for offensive lan­ guage. signed a retraction, and the next day ridiculed tho duelist into tho butt of the town. This was the occasion of the first use of a caricature in a Chicago paper. Mr. Wentworth wanted to be a lawyer, however, and while publishing his paper began the study of Blackstone. In 1841 he went to Harvard to take a course in law, and came back to hear himself talked of for Congress. He was not a candidate until 1843, however, and was qjected when only 28 years old. H/) was the youngest member of the XXYIIIth Congress. He was re-elected twice, serv­ ing three terms. After an interim of two years he was again returned to Congress, serving one term. He cut no particular figure in Congress, but when he became Mayor in 1857 ho had his opportunity. His imperious will was frequently indulged to its topmost bent. When he thought he was right he did not stop to parley about his power to do the thing he wanted to do. Neither did he scruple about tho means of doing it. He got tired of the disreputable people on the "sands"--tho lake shore at the foot of Indiana street--and tore down their houses. The citizens did not present any petitions, the Council was not asked, and no authority was given, but the work was done and Mr. Wontworth did a part of it with his own hands. Mr. Wentworth was a member of the Con­ stitutional Convention in 1861, was elected to Congress in 1864, and deleated in 1868. He was a shrewd politician, always declin­ ing a renomination when he thought he would bo defeated, As a stump speaker he was very effective --sarcastic and abusive rather than argu­ mentative. After he ceased taking an ac­ tive part in politics, he kept up his work at the primaries and the conventions. He introduced stage effects when neces­ sary to win, as he did at the nom­ ination of ex-Auditor Swigert. The race was close between Swigert and Thomas Needles--so close that Needles, it is said, had a majority of the votes when the roll was concluded. But Mr. Wentworth induced some county to change its vote, and. taking the little one-armed soldier in his arms, carried Mr. Swigert to the platform. He shouted a few patriotic sentiments about the war, meanwhile shaking Swigert's empty sleeve. The convention was plunged into an uproar. Scores of delegates climbed on their chairs and changed their votes to Swigert.,, Mr. Wentworth was married at Troy, N. Y., Nov. 13,1844, to Roxanna Marie Loomis, daughter of the Hon. Riley Lewis, of Troy. After many years of failing health Mrs. Wentworth died Feb. 5, 1870. She bore five children, all of whom died young except Miss Roxanna Atwater Wentworth, who is yet living. She and Moses J. Wentworth. Mr. Wentworth's nephew, are his only near surviving relatives. Tho latter has for some years managed his uncle's large estate. Ho was ono of the earliest Masons and Odd Fellows in Chicago. He was on the jury which convicted the first white man hanged in Chicago. While in Congress ho chaheed to be tho person who carried tho news of President Tyler's death to Vice President Fillmore. He was fond of tell­ ing how. during his first term in Congress, he conducted a courtship for a young man in Chicago who had rendered him material service. The young lady lived in an Eastern State. Post- ago on each letter in those days was 25 cents. In order to secure the franking privilege the loving pair wrote to Mr. Went­ worth and he in turn wrote what each said to the other one. They finally arranged a marriage through him. and then *he cor­ respondence ceased. For some years he •boarded at the same house in Washington with Henry Clay, and was on the most in­ timate terms with the Kentucky statosman. He never affected any particular religious belief, but professed to haye no fear of death. He was a regular attendant at Prof. Swing's church when the weather or his in­ firmities permitted. One day he was sitting in the rooms of the Historical Society, and Secretary Hager related to him a vision he had once had while, us he claimed, he was in a trance. Mr. Hager asserted that ho had been in heaven, and hod seen and rec­ ognized his first wife. "That won't do. Hager," said he. "If you ever got to heaven I don't believe you'd ever be willing to come back again to Chicago. You bet if ever I got squarely through, much as I love Chicago, I'd never make the return trip. You're either lyin', Hager, or else heaven ain't the place it's cracked up to bo." While his wealth is estimated at $3,000,000 to $5,000,000, little of his property is in Chi­ cago, though several fine farms are not far distant. The funeral took place from the Second Presbyterian Church, and was largely at­ tended. The services were simple in their , nature. ______ MX. WENTWORTH'S MONUMENT. Aa Immense One Completed and Shipped tar the Hallowell Granito Company. [Augusta (Me.) telegram.] The monument to De erected In a Chicago cemetery by "Long John" Wentworth hats been finished by the Hallowell Granite Company, and all the Stone shipped. The material is white Hallowell granite, and the monument is plain in design. The base is eighteen feet square and two feet thick. and is the largest stone ever shipped in ono piece. It could not be transported by rail, but it was neces­ sary to ship it by vessel to New York, and thence by barge through the canal to Chi­ cago. The shaft is 4 feet C Inches square at Uie base, 55 feet high, and pyramidal in shape. Its weight is seventy tons, and two special cars are being constructed at the Portland Car Works to carry It. The cost THE NATIONAL S0L0NS OF THE SENATE ASD wnrrw OF REPRESENTATIVES, t Oftf National Law-Makers and WhaiTlwy Are Doing for the Good of the Country --Various Measures Proposed* Tllaiiusiil and Acted On. THE message of the President vetoing tbe pension I ill of Mrs. Sarah Woodbridge, on the ground that her second husband is still living and that such a precedent ought not to be es­ tablished, was laid before the Benate the 15th Inst. Tbe bill and message were referred to the Com i ittee on Pensions. The Sen­ ate set down the first Tuesday In Decem­ ber for a discussion of the Pacifle Railroad fun ling bill, subject to tho tariff bill. The dis- ens ion of tba tariff bill was continued.' In the House Mr. Wheeler of Alabama offered a series of i evolutions denouncing the Senate tariff bill, and after sonio discussion as to the propriety of the resolution it was referred to the Committee on Bules. THE debate on the tariff bill was continued in the Benate on tbe 16th. The Senate confirmed J. A. Moore as United States Marshal for Ne­ vada. Tbe House agreed to tbe Senate amend­ ment to tbe La Crosse (Wis.) bridge bill. Mr. Oates (Ala.) called up bis adjournment resolu­ tion in the House and made a vigorous effort to secure its passage. After a long discussion, con­ sideration of the resolution was postponed. • (IN the Senate, at tbe beginning of tbe morn­ ing business, on the 17tb, the Republican side Of the chamber was represented by eight Sena­ tors and tho Democratic side by ten On motion of Mr. Morgan, the Committee on Foreign Rela­ tions was authorized 10 sit during the recess in Washington or New York in the investigation of the La Abra claim against Mexico. The House bill granting to the Aberdeen and Northwestern Railroad right of way across a portion of the Sioux reservation in Dakota was passed. Con­ sideration of the tariff bill was resumed. In speaking on the tariff Mr. Teller criticised the administration for putting New York bank men at the head of the Treasury Department and for conducting the financial policy of the Govern­ ment in the interest of Wall street to the entire disregard of the great interests of tbe people. He referred to the attempts of the administra­ tion to suppress the silver dollar coinage, up­ braided the Democratic Senators and Represen­ tatives for their failure to oppose them, and charged that they had been silenced--he would not say by administration influence. He char­ acterized the course of the Treasury Department In not using the surplus for the purchase of the 3 per cent, bonds as "imbecility of the grossest character," and in the intorest of the bondhold­ er, and said that more money bad been lost in that way than would have paid every vetoed pension bill for more than 150 years. Mr. Morgan referred to the Allison recess reso­ lution as a piece of finesse to cover up tbe death of the Ken ate substitute. He said the Senate had been deBerted for weeks by those who claimed to be the only capable tariff-reformers, for the purpose of delaying a vote on the meas­ ure. The fact was that the Republican Senators did not intend to pass the bill now or hereafter. And yet the Benate bill was a triumph for the Democracy, becauao it was an admission that the people needed and demanded a relaxation of high taxes. At the conclusion of Mr. Mor- Sin's remarks the Senate adjourned. The ouse agreed to the conference report on the bill granting lands in severalty to the united Peoria and Miami bands of Indians. A RESOLUTION for final adjournment at 1 o'clock the 20th was adopted by the Senate on the 18th inst. The House afterward concurred to the resolution. The subject came up in the Srnate on the resolution to take a recess, and Mr. Allison said that the Senators generally were in favor of an adjournment until the first Monday in December. Mr. Brown thereupon offered a resolution for a final adjournment of this session at 1 o'clock the 20th. He said that he did not believe that the passage of the tariff bill would be facilitated by a prolonga­ tion of tho session. Mr. Allison, who had the matter in charge, after some debate accepted Mr. Brown's resolution as an amendment to the one already reading, and a vote was taken. A majority of the Democrats voted in the affirma­ tive, a majority of the Republicans voting nay. There was no demand for a division, and the resolution was declared carried. The tariff* bill was taken up and briefly debated, and a resolution was offered by Mr. Allison authorizing tho Finance Committee to continue Its investigation into tariff matters. Mr. Gray read a memorial or five hundred Con­ necticut workingmen and farmers in favor of tbe Mill bill and the admission of raw materials --particularly wool, salt, lumber, tin plates, etc. --free of duty. The conference report on the bill for the allotment of lands in severalty to the United 1'eorias and Miamis in the Indian Terri­ tory was presented aud agreed to. Mr. Hudd of Wisconsin called up a bill in the House granting the right of way to a water company across an Indian reservation in Arizona, and asked con­ sent to non-concur In Senate amendments. Agreed to. On motion of Mr. Forney of Alaba­ ma a resolution was adopted authorizing the Committee on Appropriations to sit during the vacation. The following Senate bills were passed: Granting tile use of certain lands to Tacoma, W. T., for a public park; to prevent army and navy bands from entering into compe­ tition with civilian musicians; to estabi&na land office at Folsom, N. M. How to Make Yourself Agreeable. Veiy rarely, if ever," young persons ac­ quire the ability to converse with ease and fluency. This implies, first of all, good ideas, clearly and sensibly expressed. An empty mind never made a good talker; re­ member, "you can not draw water out of an empty well." Next in importance is self- possession. "Self-possession is nine points of the law"--of good breeding. A good voice is as essential to self-possession as good ideas are essential to fluent language. The voice, from infancy, should be care­ fully trained and developed; a full, clear, flexible voice is one of the surest indica­ tions of good breeding; it falls like music on the ear, and while it pleases the lis­ tener, it adds to the confidence of its pos­ sessor, be he never so timid. One may be witty without being popular; voluble, with­ out being agreeable; a great talker, and yet a great bore. It is wise, then to note carefujly the following suggestions: Be sincere; he who habitually sneers at everything will not only render himself disagreeable to others, but will soon cease to find pleasure in life. Be frank; a frank, open countenance and a clear, cheery laugh are worth far more, even socially, than "pedantry in a stiff cravat." Be sensible; society never laehs for fools. If you want elbow room, "go up higher." Be cheerful; if you have no great trou­ ble ' on your mind, you have no right to render other people miserable by your long face and dolorous tones. If yon do, you will be generally avoided. But, above all, be cordial; trne cor­ diality unites all the .qualities we have enumerated. Transporation of Poultry. The farmers throughout the country and, speaking locally, the commission men of Chicago, are jubilant over the in­ troduction on the Lackawanna Bailroad of a patent car for the transportation of live poultry. Heretofore great losses haye been sustained by shippers, especially in warm weather, and much dissatisfaction has been visited on the consignees. It is to hoped that all this trouble has now been entirely obviated; that is, where the new conveyance is in use, and if It answers its purpose as well as it is anticipated, there is no doubt it will become general. The car is ten feet higher than the ordinary freight car, and contains 116 compart­ ments, each one four feet square, in a series of eight decks, with an aisle running .through it crosswise, and another one lengthwise. Its capacity is from 3,500 to 4,500 fowls, according to the season of the year. By a system of drop decks the freight is loaded and unloaded at the bot­ tom of the car, the sides of which are of strong wire netting, in which are the doors to the several compartments. On the top of the car, in the center, is a water tank large enough to supply a full load on a journey of 3,000 miles. Each compartment is supplied on three sides with abundant food and water by a system of troughs and hose that is easily worked on the insHSe, no matter how great the speed of the train. The food is stored in a box or tank be­ neath the ear. '• W' ; Conundrum*. > Why is a door in the potential mood? •It's would, or should be. What is the board of education f The schoolmaster's shingle. What sticketh closer than a brother? A postage stamp, by gum. Why is it easy to get into an old man's house ? Because his gait is broken and his locks are few. What is it that will give a cold, ears A oold, and pay the doctor's bill? A draught. What does a man take when he has a mean wife? He takes an elixir (he lioka PACIFIC NORTHWEST. The City of Paget Sound and of the Paclflo Northwest--A Vaat Tributary Country and tho World DOT- A Market--Western Terminus of the Northern Pacific Rail­ road. ' , • [SPECIAL COBBE9PONDKHOI.] TACOMA, Wash. Ter., Oct. 16. This city is situated at the head waters of Puget Sound, and is the terminus of the Northern Pacific Railroad, the only trans­ continental line which enters this Territory. The advantages growing out of this fact will be apparent. The harbor cannot be excelled both for security and facilities lot accommodating the largest vessels afloat. Tho Sound is open the year round, offers fine fishing advantages, and vessels sail without danger from reef or rock to the, Pacific Ocean, and thus to tho markets c<t the world. More vessels load here with wheat, coal and lumber than at all other points on the Sound and Portland combined.' i cLountry surrounding Tacoma is of varied character, consisting of timber, agri- Ci J?1! aiu' mineral lands. The forests yield from 25,000 to 100.000 feet of timber to the aero. The agricultural lands yield from Mi to 60 bushels of wheat per acre. Hops! average 2,000 pounds per aero, vogetables grow tons to the acre, while fruit of all kinds can be produced in great abundance# The mineral lands consist of coal, iron and the moro precious metals. Building ma-/ terial is abundant and cheap. The climate of the Pujet Sound country is wholly unlike anything experienced on! the Atlantic Siopo or in the Mississippi Val-> ley, or, indeed, anywhere on the America^ continent except in the Pacific Northwest# The summers nro cool and the winters sin­ gularly mild. There is very little snow, butf considerable rain, between October and April. A temperature of 80 in midsummer Is vory rare, and m»t often in the winter does the mercury go much below the freez- ing point. There nro no espocially prova- lent diseases. Persons suffering from some forms of lung diseases do not lind the cJi~ mate suitable for them, and the damp win­ ter weather is blamed for an occasional case of rheumatism, but taken altogether the climate of Western Washington is ono of the finest in the world. There is no ma­ laria, and outdoor exercise cau be taken at any time during tho year. There is no vacant governmentfland in tho vicinity of Tacoma. home miles back, how­ ever, there is plenty of land to be had for the tftkinjjf, most of which is heavily tim- bered and whone improvement require* time and hard work. But a:i industrious man can succeed in making a living and a. comfortable hour; on government land, and secure title to 10} acres which in a few year>j will make him Independent. I.i Eastern Washington the land is open and more easily subdued, and quicker farm returns are pos­ sible. There is considerable vacant land of excellent quality in the Big Bend of the Columbia ltiver which is now rendered ac­ cessible by the tuilding of the, branches of the Northern Pacific through that region. Tho growth of Tacoma lias boon remark­ able. Ten yearr ago it had a population of about 700 people the population now is over 17.000, mostly English-speaking peoplo from the Eastern States, and tho best kind,' too. Figures sh ~>w that its ratio of increase- is greater than <hat of any city this side of the Rocky Mountains. It closely resembles Chicago in its e;irly stages of development, and like that great metropolis is at the head of navigation of a great island sea, is fast becoming the most important railroad cen­ ter in the Northwest, and has a country tributary to it that is pouring vast wealth into its door. Seventeen years ago a pioneer located his •, cabin on the town site of Tacoma. In place of the wilderness which surrounded that lonely home urV now splendid streets, o:i which are thousands of houses. The build­ ing of a couple of lo? cabins in that vear, and the erection of 539 substantial brick and frame buildings in the first eight months of this year will ibdicate how tho forest on the shores of Commencement Bay has disap­ peared, and hew a great city has sprung up­ as if by magic In its place, showing change from towering trees to majestic building*K from trails ahd bridle paths to broad, smoothly graded streets and magnificent avenues, paved and threaded with iron tracks, from dim lanterns to flashing elec­ tric lights, from the canoe of the Indian to a fleet of ships from all parts of the worlds from the stillness of the forest to the busy- hum of commercial activity. Tho year lbWt will close with an addition of 1,000 new buildings. The growth of Tacoma must continue. There is a va:»t tributary country fast filling; up with peopie, for whom this city is to be the trade cefiter and manufacturing and shipping point. Some of tho largest indus­ tries in the Territory are already here; one sawmill alone will this year cut 75.000,000, feet of lumber. The car-shops of the N. P. Railway are here, and new factories are con­ stantly being added. For many of these facts wo are indebted to Mr. Geo. W. Traver. who has lived for years on this coast, and who selected Ta­ coma as his ho^ne after mature investiga­ tion. He owns an addition to the city of his own, besides carrying largo sale lists of other property. He considers investments here as safe as in any city in the land, and parties wishing to put money where it will bring handsome returns will do weH to consult with him personally or by mail. His long experience enables him to make profitable investments. He furnishes am­ ple reference as to his reliability. He also owns an addition to the new town of Orting, which has been started at the head of Puyallup Valley, one of the richest stretches of soil in the West. Orting is on the main line of the N. P. Bo ad, from which branches are being ex­ tended to neighboring mines and forests. The Puyallup Valley is noted for its won­ derful crops of hops, an acre of which often yields the owner an income as great as that obtained from whole farm back East. Fruit, too, is profitably cultivated; a single acre of prunes has netted tho grower $2,000. Apples grow abundantly, so, too. pears and cherries, and all kinds of berries. Vege­ tables are produced in quality, size, and quantity beyond anything known in the East. Grass is green tho winter through, and flowers bloom out of doors at Christmas time. In no part of the United States is there a greater combination of resources, climate, soil, water, timber, minerals, etc., in such variety, and all possible of utilization by man. Tho size and height of the forest trees and the number growing on an a.re seem incredible to Eastern men. This tim­ ber has carried its own fame to all parts of the world. In the East Indies, in Egypt, in tlm maritime States of Europe, in South America, the Pacific islands. China and Japan, the fir timber of Washington Terri­ tory is an article of commerce. Next to fit cedar stands second in quantity, and then pine, oak. maple and other varieties, Th<S scenery about Tacoma is superb, with vary­ ing views of mountains, waters and forests. Mount Tacoma is tho highest peak in the United States, and rises nearly threo miles above the city which bears its name. How to Oil Harness. Take the harness apart wherever It ean be unbuckled; give each 6trap a good wash, using lukewarm water with a little, washing soda in it. Scrub well with a scrubbing brush, and be sure that you get all the grease and dirt off. Work well in the hands until soft and pliant, for it is no use to apply oil on dry, horny leather--it will never become soft. After this has been done hang in a room where they will not djy too rapidly until about three-parts dry. Then apply plentifully on both side* purs cod oil--this has more body and lasting qualities than any other grease for leather tanned with bark. Besides, if you use,, neatsfoot oil rats and mice will eat yonr harness, while that greased with cod oil they will not touch. Alter giving a good coat of this oil hang up until dry. Then I would go over tbera again with the oil, giving them a light coat of it this time, • After that dries in wipe off with a dry, coarse cloth. For common work harnesst nothing more is needed, but for carriage harness go over with a sponge and castilar soap and wipe with a dry chamois skin, and you may depend upon it there will be* no black to rub off on your hands. Tbe Home Doctor. Pink clover tea is recommended as ex­ cellent for the blood and as a preventive from malaria. If it cannot be procured.;: direct from the country, it may be ob­ tained at most drug stores. A handful to a quart of boiling water is the proportion, % and it is made like ordinary tea, steepedfe: for ten or fifteen minutes. It is mostly' palatable taken ice-cold with a little*" ft- •' A., -'%U