l . _ I I - . . ,
f I "THE IMPORTANT QUESTION OF REVENUE.
I W „
| m Majority and Minority Ittporl * on the Sen-
\ \ W ' ale Tariff * ' ' / / .
i [ I w Tho majority report on tho tariff bill
1 m -declares tho demand for a careful and
| f m 'thorough rovisiou of tho revenue laws
'I K imperative.
) \ ra First To reduce tho national revo-
8 y , nucB , which aro now excessive.
k Second To protect tho honest ira-
, 1 'porters and domestic producers from the
| ' disastrous consequences resulting from '
f fraudulent undervaluations of imported *
v
1 f 1 i morchandiso on which ad valorom duties
i 1 * rolovied.
I I Third To remedy tho defects , anom-
1 lilies and incongruities which havo been
1 - from timo to time discovered in the
I . , 'tariff schedules or which have been
% I lt 'Created by erroneous decisions of tho
H 1 " treasur3T department.
S " * \ jh * Fourth To seenro a proper readjnst-
I " i - ' ment and equalization of the tariff rates
% 1 "S * ' rendered necessary by the modified bus-
Si i -iness conditions , improvements in meth-
1 8 -ods of production , radical changes in
% § j \ -prices orby now elements of sources of
# w competition to give relief and protection
I E to many industries now suffering on ac-
I I count of tho inadequate rates levied on
J I competing products.
" * Tho public demand for a reduction of
B the revenue , tho majority says , is more
B * urgent on account of the inexcusablo ro-
F . tention in tho national treasuiy or on
i - - deposit in national bunks of vast sums
' of money in excess of the amount ro-
' -quired to pay tho current demands upon
tliolreasury aud to meet maturing obli
gations of tho government. This sum ,
with the additions which will accrue
within four months , and before any leg
islative action reducing tho revenues
4V can bo effective , it declares , will bo snfli-
at ciout to pay in full tho outstanding 4J
* pk per cent bonds duo in 1891 § 221,000,000
' \ This accumulation , it insists , could and
; should bo profitably avoided and tho
L probability of a business disaster averted
: by a prompt return of tho money col-
F lected from the people to the channels
| l -of trade through the purchase of United
9 k States bonds that could at all times be
S i obtained at prices which to the govern-
9 1 t ment would have been equal to an in-
j | I vestment of tho otherwise unprofitable
fund , at a rate of interest of not less than
2 per cent Tho majority expresses its
• " conviction of tho inadequacy of tho
house bill as a remedial measure for
K these reasons.
I * _ First That it would probably increase
B instead of diminish the revenue.
Second It provides no remedy for
M undervaluations , but on the cont-iaryin-
vitas and gives immunity to fraud by
t -substituting ad valorom for specific du-
* ties.
1 Third It does not remedy any in-
I -equalities or anomalies , or cure any do-
I , fects of tho existing law , If foreign
\ I manufacturers should , the majority says ,
I through tho changes made in the cotton
I and woolen schedules , secure a quarter
jj - of the market now held by the American
fc manufacturers , and this it thinks a very
i conservative estimate , the additional
I , duty would reach at least SGO.000.000.
i ft Tho expansion of imports , it declares ,
E would also follow the reduction of _ rates
K on china porcelain , common window
R glass , manufactures of iron and steel ,
E flax , jute , hemp , nud many minor nian-
, P ufactures. With greatly augmented
/v
' ' it declares tho house bill -
fj ' revenues , per-
p petuates the existing infirmities created
g by its obscurities and faulty construc-
I tion , doubts and ambiguities which must
I' I multiply indefinitely tho present con-
| fusion. The results , however , the maj-
I oritj' sa3'8 , which would flow from tho
I \ figures of the bill as a corrective meas-
t I ure would be much less disastrous to tho
1 material interests of the country than
those which must surely follow tho
adoption of its vicious affirmative prop-
i , , ' osition. The feature which most clearly
j indicates its purpose is tho proposed
I substitution of ad valorem for specific
) duties.
| _ THE ITtKORIXr IlEPORT.
The of the malces
j- report minority a
document of twelve printed pages. It
( begins with the statement that in the
* preparation of the substitute for the
I house bill no member of the minority of
the committee was consulted or inform
ed as to its provisions untill it was re
ported to the full committee on the Siith
of September. The minority recites
the work of the sub-committee in hear-
\ ing the statements and arguments and
rS' appeals of the manufacturers and others
' who demand the present high rate of
/ * tariff taxation shall be maintained and
in most cases prompted not by any reve
nue necessities , but alono for the pur
pose of increasing their own profits at
the expense of 60,000,000 taxpayers.
Continuing they say : "It is safe to say
that all the interests by the high pro
tective tariff have been fully heard and
havo had much influence in shaping this
1 . substitute , while the great body of the
! people , the taxpayers , and victims of
\ this policy hare not appeared and have
i not been heard. " It is then said the
| short time the substitute has been in the
' , -A hands of the minority has made it diffi-
X. cult to ascertain the full effect , but the
\ essential differenco between the house
; f x bill aud the senate substitute is appar-
| I cut and radical at the outset in the mat-
| I ter of revenue. One is framed in the
I j I interest of tho pnblic treasury , the oth-
| I - er in the interest of private pockets one
j | 'is framed in the interests of the whole
[ /people / , tho other in the interest of 300 , -
I \ 000 manufacturers. One is designed to
! reduce both the government revenue
j and taxation , tho taxation especially
. ' 'which ' beais heaviest on the necessaries
of life , the other is intended to raise a
public revenue , indeed , but to maintain
the private revenues by increasing and
retaining taxation on all the necessaries
of life. The minority continuing says
the advocates of tho substitute freely
propose to reduce the duties or abolish
them on those things which yield only
government revenue , but refuse to re
duce or abolish the duties on those
things which produce private revenue ,
but the minority think that it is safe to
say that the chief reductions in the tar
iff taxation , as provided by the substi
tute , are confined to the articles of su
gar and rice , with juto and a few other
unimportant articles put upon the free
list , while there is an increase of duties
imposed upon the multiform manufac
turers of cotton , wool , iron and steel
articles that the whole people , and es
pecially the poor and most needy class ,
ixre compelled to tise. The substitute
relieves the non-necessary , tobacco , in
nil its forms , except cigars , cheroots
and citrarettes from internal taxation ,
tuul gives free alcohol to the arts. Prac
tically the substitute offers to the people
Treo whisky and free tobacco , leaving
ill the expensive machinery for the cot-
I lection of the revenue aud tho enforce
ment of the law in full force , while it
increases the taxation upon tho actual
ind indispensable necessaries of life.
The minority criticises the lnmber , salt
md provision schedules and then dis-
msses the subject of "trusts , " as fol
lows :
"The present tariff is the nursing
raother of trusts. It is the wall behind
ivhich these combinations are formed by
tvhicli the people are plundered. Tho
tariff keeps out foreign competition and
jombination suppresses domestio pro
motion , and tho whole people are at
their mercy aud must pay whatever is
lemanded. Language is inadequate to
Jescribo tho iniquity of these corpora
tions against the rights of the people , or
todepicttheir disastrous effects upon
; he general welfare. .They are not 'pri.
' * " " ' " " " * * * '
' ' " " " "
Jill J- J I I 1 I t I M I 1 "J" wi
vato ' affairs , 'as has been " assorted , but
public evils of tho gravest character , af
fecting tho price of every article which
contributes to tho comfort and support
of tho people. Tho provisions of tho
substitute favor them greatly and will
serve to encourage tlioir formation in
fitill other brandies of manufacture. "
PERSONAL AND OTHER NOTES.
Floronco Nightingale is ft confirmed
invalid. Sho is over 70 years of age.
Mrs. Charlotte Godfrey , of Bayfield ,
Wis. , has happily rounded out 112
years in this valo of tears.
Patti begins an engagement in Brazil
in April next under a Brazilian director
and will receive $0,000 a night quite a
rich Patti cake.
Thomas A. Edison's device for killing
yollow fever germs is said to bo moro
worthy of Koeloy , tho motor man , than
of Edison , the promoter.
Belva Ann Lockwood has been mar
ried twice , is a graduate of two colloges ,
and has twico run for tho presidency.
Ynn Phon Lee , a Yalo graduate , who
married a Now Haven girl , has been put
at the head of tho Chinese exchange de
partment in the Pacific bank , San Fran
cisco.
Jamep Depow , a brother of Chauncey ,
is a prominent business man of Detroit ,
Mich. He does not care for public or
political life and prefers tho west to the
cast.
cast.Mrs.
Mrs. Helen M. Gongar is a woman
who his : abundant confidence in herself.
Sho proposes to demolish both Anna
Dickinson and Gen. George A. Sheridan
in one address.
The circulation of the forgeries from
English newspapers , by tho Boston
Homo Market club , as republican cam
paign documents , has led to a movement
to add a law to tho Massachusetts stat
utes making the act a misdemeanor.
Maria Pia , queen of Portugal , is a
very talented woman. She takes very
little interest in politics , preferring out
door sports to the intrigues of statesmen.
She is a clover horsewoman and loves
tho chase. She is also a good swimmer ,
and always wears a medal which she
gained ten or twelve years ago for sav
ing the lives of her two children.
Archbishop Corrigan has tho advan
tage of most of his brethren of tho cloth
when ho goes out with a subscription
paper. In addition to his salary of some
§ 20,000 a year , he has a large personal
income , and is able to load off a paper
with a large subscription in his own
name , a thing which he often does. His
example always has a good effect on the
rich men whom ho visits.
Bobert E. Lee , president of Washing
ton and Lee "University at Lexington ,
Va. , and son of the confederate general ,
when he gives a particularly important
dinner part3r spreads his table with a
well darned linen table cloth , in the cor
ner of which are worked tho initials "G.
W. , " and they stand for the true and
only "G. W. , " having formerly belong
ed to George Washington , from whoso
auirust possession they have descended
to their present owner , who is a direct
descendant from Martha Washington.
KILLED HER CHILDREN , THEN HEKSELF.
While Temporarily Insane a Jieatriee Wo *
man Commit * a Fearful Crime.
At Blue Springs this afternoon , says
an Omaha Herald specal , Mrs. Lulu
Poffenberger , wife of George Poffenb r-
ger , killed her two children and herself.
The attention of the neighborhood was
attracted by the smell of powder. Go
ing into the house , Mrs. Poffenberger
was found lying dead on the bedroom
floor , in her night dress , with a bullet
wound in the breast. The two children
were 4 and 1 year old respectively.
They were found in bed with their
clothes on and carefulI3' covered up as
if asleep. A light cord around the neck
of each showed they had been strangled.
The two were laid on the foot of"tho
bed , and standing where she could look
them in the face , the mother sent , a bul
let crashing through her heart. She
left the following letter :
Blue Springs , Neb. , Oct. 2. I write
this to clear evoryone. George was too
good to me. I take them ( meaning the
'children ) along , for I can't see to their
future and take my own life , for I know
I am going crazy , and it would be worse
than to die. O God ! I have prayed for
*
the right. I have fought to keep up be
fore I said anything , and thought I
would. Lulu P.
The above was written in a plain , leg
ible hand. Lulu Poffenbarger was the
daughter of Dr. J. O. Boop , of Blue
Springs , and her husband , a former sa
loonkeeper , was the defendant in an ac
tion brought by the widow of John
Smith , who committed suicide in tho
Poffenbarger saloon two years ago.
This case is on trial now , and , together
with some parties who have made a pro
hibition fight , is supposed to have so
preyed on her mind , as to dethrone her
reason and lead her to tho destruction
of herself and children. She was about
30 j'ears old and highly respected. No
cause other than temporary insanity is
at present assigned for the deed. Her
husband was iu Beatrice attending court
and was informed of the terrible affair
by a dispatch. The court postponed his
case and he went immediately to the sad
scone.
Sherman Repudiates the Story.
A Philadelphia paper printed on Sun
day a letter from Atlanta , Ga. , which
narrated with much elaboration of de
tail that a Mr. William Markham , a
wealthy and prominent nnion man of
that city during the war , had recently
declared that General Sherman , on his
arrival at Atlanta in the fall _ of 1864 ,
said to him in the most positive way
that his army would go no farther than
Atlanta , but would remain there until
the fall of Bichmoud , when Grant and
Meade would march to Atlanta and join
Sherman. General Sherman has written
the following characteristic letter con
cerning the story :
No. 75 West Seventy-First St. , New
York , September 29 , 18S8. I. B. Pen-
nypacker , esq. , editor Weekly Press.
Dear Sir : Trash. Yon would not buy
a horse on such testimony. I do not
even recall to memory that Mr. Mark
ham , of Atlanta , who claims that I re
posed in him a confidence without pre
cedent. I have published ni3r memoirs
in full , covering all the period of which
the writer treats , aud General Grant has
done the same. We agree substantially ,
and neither of us is likely to change.
Mr. Markham's great loss , § 114,000 ,
though large for one man , was not large
enough to repay the United States for
one hour's cost of the war in which the
people of the south involved the United
States. Though not individually re
sponsible , like "Poor Dog Tray , " ho
was in bad company. I am glad to
know he has recovered his wealth ,
though tho loss of his memory. Yours
truly. W. T. Shebmax.
! 3ir John SaviU has been severely crit
icised in English clubs and drawing-
rooms , and it is even thought that his
mind is unbalanced. Hehas declined
the diplomatic pension of 1,700 a year
to which his services entitle him and the
reason ho gave is that he doesn't need
the money. This is the first instance of
the kind on record in England. '
MISCELLANEOUS BRIEFS BY THE WIRE.
A special from Trinidad , Colorado ,
states that a man named Hickman , liv
ing at Boston , shot and instantly killed
J. C. Booth , a man who was in the habil
of paj'ing visits to a woman with whom
Hickman was living. Tho murderei
was taken from home an hour afterward
by a mob of seventy-five men and
lynched.
An Ottawa , Ont. , . dispatch says that
slowly but surely public interest from
ono end of the dominion to the other is
being aroused over the talk of annexing
Canada to the United States. Ten years
ago the proposition would have been re
garded as treasonable , but tli'ero lias
been a marked change , even in the past
twelvo months.
A fatal freight train wreck occurred
on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad near
Comwallis , W. Va. Anengineernamed
Carr was killed. The trains , which col
lided in a deep cut , were loaded with
dry goods and valuablo express freight.
The loss will be heavy.
The St. Paul Pioneer Press prints a
tabulated statement giving tho results of
this season's threshing in eighty-threo
counties in Minnesota andDakota , prac
tically covering tho great wheat belt. It
shows a decrease as compared with last
year of 40 per cent. , which would make
tho present wheat crop of Minnesota and
Dakota from 55,000.000 .to GO.000,000
bushels.
In tho United States supreme court
at Cincinnati tho district attorney said
he could not get the jury to act upon
tho charge of embezzlement against tho
officer of tho St. Paris , Ohio , National
bank in the face of tho clear testimony.
The court in discharging tho jury ad
ministered a scathing rebuke , saying
they had plainly refused to do their
duty according to law.
Capt. Wiloy , of the fruit steamer Lor-
rezo D. Baker , plying between Boston
and Jamaica , states that he was arrested
on that island on his last trip charged
with violating the customs laws , sub
jected to outrageous indignities , and
fined SG00. The authorities at Washing
ton have had their attention called to
the matter.
A collision occurred near Hannibal
station , on the Borne , Watertown < fc Og-
denburg railroad , between a Lehigh
Valley passenger train and a wild-cat
train from Oswego. The wild-cat train
was running fifty miles an hour and the
passenger forty miles. They came to-
getherwith a terrific crash , smashing
the two locomotives and nearly demol
ishing the cars. Engineer Slattery , of
the wild-cat , was instantly killed and his
fireman frightfully scalded. Westgate ,
conductor of the passenger , was proba
bly fatally injured. Several others suf
fered severe injuries. The crew of tho
wild-cat attempted to make one more
station than ordered.
An Out and Out Annexationist
Ottawa dispatch : Attorney General
Longley , of Nova Scotia , is here attend
ing the supremo court. He has created
a sensation in the stronghold of Toryism
by his outspoken utterances on national
questions. He is an out-and-out annex
ationist , but simply calls himself an ad
vocate of unrestricted reciprocity with
the United States. He said :
The people of Nova Scotia want to
trade with their neighbors rather than
build up an unprofitable inter-provincial
trade. I tnink Senator Sherman , in his
speeches , has played a great card to
bring about annexation. The bluster of
an element of the American people re
specting Canada could have no avail , for
Anglo-Saxons are not to be bull-dozed ,
but if other American politicians follow
in the wake of Sherman , British interest
in Canada is in danger. Unrestricted
reciprocity will not bo brought about in
a da } ' , for the prejudices of generations
have got to be removed.
Mr. Longley said that he heard that
a movement was on foot by a syndicate
of capitalists to acquire and consolidate
the Cape Breton coal mining properties.
The promoters , he understood , were
Americans , and , according to newspaper
reports , Cyrus W. Field was of the num
ber.
ber.The
The proposed step would have the ef
fect of stiffening prices. The Cape Bre
ton coal miners just now , he said , were
at the merc3r of the Montreal dealers ,
who have not been paying them fair
prices. This , Mr. Longley added , was
the result of trying to divert trade into
an unnatural channel. Mr. Longley
concluded a little talk by stating that
unrestricted reciprocity or commercial
"
union was the remedy "for Nova Scotia.
Bishop Ireland's Elevation.
St. Paul dispatch : To-day John Ire
land , who has been identified with the
church in this city for thirty-seven
years , received the pallium and was ele
vated to the archbishopric of the prov
ince of St. PauL The ceremony took
place at 10:30. A few minutes before
that time Archbishop Ireland , attired
in his robes of office and attended by
the clergy.left the archepiscopal resi
dence adjoining the cathedral , and pro
ceeded to the sanctuary. Immediately
upon the arrival of the distinguished
prelate , pontifical high mnss was cele
brated by the Bt. Bev. Bishop Mart } ' ,
of Yankton , Dak. The pallium was con
ferred upon the archbishop at the close
of the mass by Bt. Bev. Bishop Grace ,
and the ceremony was followed by a
sermon delivered by Bt. Bev. J. J.
Kane , bishop of Bichmond , Va" , and
rector of the new Catholic university at
Washington , D. C. Shortly after the
close of the ceremony at the cathedral ,
the clerg3' were escorted to the Hotel
B3'an , where dinner was served.
To-night the streets are brilliantly
illuminated , and the new archbishop is
holding a formal reception to invited
guests. Great interest in the events of
the day has been manifested by the
general pnblic , _ Archbishop Ireland
being held in high esteem by every
body.
The Public Debt Statement.
The following is the public debt state
ment , issued on the 1st :
Interest bearing debt , principal $984 , -
603,172 , interest $10,454,389 , total $995 , -
117,561 ; debt on which interest ceased
since maturity , $2,583,345 ; debt bearing
no interest , S719,783,439 ; total debt ,
principal S1,70G,871.728 , interest $10 , -
618,110 , total $1,717,489,838 ; less reserve
and cash items available for reduction of
debt , $479,169,336 ; total debt less availa
ble cash items , $1,233,310. 502 ; net cash
in treasury , $96,444,845 ; debt less cash
in treasury October 1 , 18S8 , $1,141,875-
657 ; debt less cash in treasury Septem
ber 1 , 1888 , $1,154,122,682 ; decrease of
debt during month , $12,247,025 ; de
crease since June 80 , 1888 , $23,709,000 ;
total cash in treasury as shown by treas
urer's general account , $636,376,285.
Blaine Eludes the Reporters.
Mr. Blaine disappeared from the Fifth
Avenue hotel early in tho day , saj-s a
New York dispatch , and after much
fruitless inquiry , the reporters and poli
ticians who sought him learned that he
had gone over to New Jersey to spend
the day with Hon. William Walter
Phelps , and would not be back until
Monday morning.
V > h * * f ? ? - V • 9 * • ' • * *
A SHORTAGE ON1 PORKERS.
So Say JUaltory A Hon * in Their Annual
CloplUpot'U
Chicago dispatch : Mallory < fc Sons ,
one of tho leading hog receiving com
mission firms , have issued their annual
crop report on hogs , cattleand corn , in
which they say :
Although we will have an imraonso
corn crop , there will'be a shortage on
old hogs , which are alwaj's shipped dur
ing what is called tliO' "packing season/
Beports denote that the-bulk of the sup *
pi j * of packing hogs-will be shipped to
market later than. ' usual at least a
month or six weeks. Where one year
ago reports showed thatthebnlkof hogs
would come to market in November , De
cember and January , the reports this
season invariably sa > ' December , Janu
ary and later. Tho cause of this scaro-
ity of packing hogs is due to two fea
tures that farmers all throngh the west
lost a largo percentage of their spring
hogs through cold , wet weather , sick
ness , etc. , and that thoso which were
saved , together with the older hogs ,
havo been forced to market on account
of the high prices of corn at home and
the high prices that havo been paid for
hogs during the last three months. Late
pigs will not begin to come forward till
late in January , and tho bulk of them
will not reach the market till lato in the
spring and summer.
Tho number of cattle to be fattened
shows an increase of fully ten per cent.
We should have extra good beef at reas
onably low prices during the coming
year.
The crop of corn speaks for itself and
needs no comment. Dakota shows a
full crop of old hogs and pigs. Michigan
shows a full crop of pigs. Leaving out
Dakota and Michigan , tho balance of
the list shows a total shortago of old
hogs of 24 per cent. , and on shoats of
about 11per cent. Iowa and Illinois
together show a decrease of 25 $ per cent
on old hogs and 13 $ per cent on shoats.
Tho percentages aro made from the
most reliable reports received from 346
counties , embracing the hog producing
territories in the states of Illinois , Iowa ,
Febraska , Wisconsin , Kansas , Missouri ,
Indiana , Minnesota , Michigan and Da
kota.
The Chicaao Wheat Deal.
Chicago dispatch : Monthly deliveries
of wheat were light. Hutchinson deliv
ered nearly all of it , but it was noticed
that the bulk of it finally landed with
Eggleston and Poole Sherman. Accord
ing to a man who has watched matters
closcby , Hutchinson took wheat out of
his right hand and put it in his left.
The excitement on 'Change over the
September wheat deal ceased Saturday ,
011I3' to be resumed this morning. When
the opening bell tapped at 10:30 : the fail
ures of Frank Clinton & Co. and S. C.
Orr were announced , and this added to
the excitement ; the crowd began to loose
their heads because of the heavy cover
ing in December wheat. There was a
perfect craze to buy. Tho advance for
thirt3r minutes is tho most remarkable
and there is no telling where it would
have ceased had not Hutchinson eased
the market by liberal selling.
S. C. Orr said his liabilities are about
$50,000 , and that his suspension is due
to the failure on tho part of customers
to respond to his call for margins. He
said ho would be able to resume in a day
or two. From friends of the other firm
it was learned that it was short about
50,000 bushels of September wheat and
also on October lard.
pounds.'i
An Old Fool and His Money.
Pittsburg dispatch : John K. Lemon ,
an aged and respected citizen of Alle
gheny , was swindled ont of $10,000 this
afternoon by two bunco men. The old
gentleman was enticed into a house on
Pearl street and induced to play a game
in which it was alleged he had won $10 , -
000. To get this it would bo necessary
to produce a like amount. The victim
fell into the trap at once and went to
the Third National bank , where he drew
ont the money. Be turning he placed it
on the table. He then took another
chance and was informed that he had
lost $20,000. This dazed him for a mo
ment , but he quickly recovered , and ,
drawing a revolver , demanded his
mone3' . One of the swindlers knocked
the pistol out of his hand , and the two
ran ont , locking the door after them.
By the timo Lemon had succeeded in
forcing the door open both men had
disappeared. The police were notified ,
but so far they have not been appre
hended. Lemon is sevent3 * j'ears of age
and quite wealthy. This is the second
time within six months that the bunco
game has been successfully worked in
this city for large amounts.
Yellow Fever Scientifically Considered.
Prof. Wiggins in an interview said
that the cause of yellow fever in the
South was purely astronomical. On
June 19 , 1881 , he said the planets were
in the same line and the earth had yield
ed to the tendency to approach the sun ,
and since then cyclones , earthquakes ,
floods , chelera and yellow fever had de
vastated our planet. The advance had
been onby a few miles , but the increased
solar attraction contracted the earth's
surface , causing floods. The unequal
shrinkage caused earthquakes. The at
mosphere had become denser and conse
quently held moro carbon and its com
pounds in solution , producing microbes
and thus cholera and yellow fever. Sev
eral planets were in perihellion at the
same time in the 3'ears 542 and 1665 and
millions of people then perished by the
plague and black death. All the planets ,
the professor added , were passing
through the same severe ordeal. Mars
had an atmosphere so dense and full of
clouds that onty portions of its surface
can be seen. But the people there had
no 3'ellow fever , and if they had such a
place as Florida , they would so cultivate
it that it could not breed yellow fever.
He believed that the numerous canals
on Mars' surface were made to absorb
the carbon and prevent disease.
Tlie Great Wheat speculator.
Chicago dispatch : B. P. Hutchinson
was born near Dan vers , Mass. , in 1828 ,
and started life on a farm. Agriculture
not being his lilring. he went to Lynn ,
and after mastering the making of shoe3
entered a factory. He failed in 1857
and then turned his face to the west , lo
cating in Milwaukee.
That town being too slow for him , he
came to Chicago in 1859 and went on
the board of trade , his membership cost
ing him $5. In a 3'ear or so he wa3
worth $150,000 aud had paid every debt
he owed in E3Tnn.
He is a man of keen foresight , indom
itable will , great courage and boundless
nerve , caring for no one , and intent only
on making money. He has helped many
a man on the board , though his philan-
throphy has alwavs innured to his finan
cial benefit. He lias iwo sons , Charles
L. , president of the board of trade , and
Isaac , and lives at the Century club , an
institution opposite the board of trade ,
founded and arranged by himself. He
cares for nothing save business , and de
tests social frivolities. He is worth
probably $10,000,000 , one-tenth of whioh
has been made within the past week.
This country produced in 1887 about
800,000,000 pound's of wool and imported
14,038,030 pounds.
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BY' THE TELEGRAPH AND' ' MAIL.
Tho departure of tho expedition- ?
tho relief of Emin Boy has been delayed
until the rising of the natives inEusb
Africa is quelled.
Foster , tho New York produce ex
change swindler , is believed'to ' be in
Toronto , but as the police havo received
no notification from New York-as tohis
offense , they can do nothing.
Ten'weeks ago a caso of small-pox
was discovered in Buffalo , N. Y. Since
then there have boon sixty-nino case *
and seventeen deaths , six of which.were
caused by black small-pox , whiohis
most fatal.
Thirteen-year-old Minnie Kratzenberg
was arrested in Chicago for poisoning
her mother , sister and two brothers.
The mother , who is a poor widow , will
die. A neighbor , Mrs. Sn3'dor , isalso
tinder arrest for being accessory to-the
crime
The Chicago Evening Journal reports
two failures on tho board of tradeas a
result of tho recent advance in tho price
of wheat. Tho firms mentioned are
Frank Clifton & Co. , and S. P. Orr.
The amount for which they are short
has not yet been learned.
The president has signed' ' the act lo
cieatelxmrds of arbitration or comrais-
siouh for the settling of controversies
and differences between railroad corpoi-
nlious and other common carriers eu-
gaired in interstate or territorial trans
portation of property or passengers and
their employes.
Mabel Vaughnn , daughter of a retired
merchant at Newark , N. J. , has caused
a sensation by eloping with her father's
coachman , Heniy Taylor. Ho is a good
looking 3'onng Englislunan and well ed
ucated. It was known that Miss Vaug-
hau accepted the addresses of Tupton ,
but Mr. Vaughan objected to him for a
son-in-law. Saturday the couple eloped ,
the girl taking $5,000 of her own monoy
with her.
Hattio Flack tho '
, nineteon-3'ear-old
daughter of Charles E. Flack , of the St.
Louis commission firm of Shinner fc
Flack , who married a mulatto named
Pres. Sams , a hired man on her father's
farm near Jacksonville , is at homo
again. She was brought to St. Louis
and turned over to her parents by Dep
uty Sheriff McCo , of Jacksonville , who
found her near Moscow , Ky. Sams fled
to escape bynching.
Advices from Africa say that an expe
dition consisting of 300 hussars led by
an English officer , left Winnebah , on
the gold coast to punish the Togo ne
groes for murdering Captain Dalrymple.
Tho expedition was met by n well armed
force of tho natives , and a severe en
gagement took place. Tho battle re
sulted in tho defeat of the natives with
a loss of 300 killed. The hussars also
suffered heavibsixt3'fottrof their num
ber being killed and most of tho sur
vivors wounded.
Mr. Jewell's Proposition Declined.
Indianapolis dispatch : Anent the
proposition of Chairman Jewett , of the
democratic state committee , to Chair
man Huston , of tho republicans , that
each name forty-five members and the
prohibitionists ten members to consti
tute a committee of 100 , whose duty it
shall be to prevent illegal voting , Chair
man Huston to-day makes a reply to
Chairman Jewett , wherein ho saj's :
"Yen are doubtless aware that there
is now existing a committee of 100 ,
which is non-partisan in its character.
Being already organized aud having
had valuable experience in the work it
was organized to accomplish , it can cer
tainly be more effective than auy new
committee that might be formed at this
lime. With the consent and hearty ap
proval of our committee I have for
warded to the treasurer of this commit
tee ni3T check for $500 , which sum shall
be expended under their direction in
giving rewards for the apprehension of
any persons violating the election laws
of the state The republicans are now ,
and ever have been , in favor of an hon
est ballot and a fair count. "
S. P. Sheerin , secretary of the nation
al democratic committee , in an inter
view this evening touching Chairman
Huston's response , said :
"I regard Chairman Huston's reply
as a most extraordinary one , and as a
public declaration that the managers of
the republican campaign are not onby
not in favor of an honest election but
absolntety opposed to it. It is untrue
that this committee is made up equalty
of democrats and republicans. Tho
truth is that two-thirds of the local com
mittee of 100 are active working repub
licans. The facility with which Chair
man Huston , after the receipt of Chair
man Jewett's letter , dumped $500 of
the republican campaign fund into the
treasuiy of this local committee is proof
positive that his intentions are to make
it a convenient excuse for a refusal to
enter into organization for the enforce
ment of the iaw without fear or favor. "
An Attack Upon Miss Willard.
Des Moines special : A breeze was cre-
eated in the Woman's Christian Temper-
auce Union to-day b3' tho presentation
bjMrs. . A. Smith of a memorial which
was an unconcealed attack upon Miss
Francis Willard.
The paper petitions that the National
union recede from its position identify
ing it with a political party. The mem
orial recites mamacts of partisanship
on the part of the national bodaudits
officers quote a bj'law of the national
union forbidding political discussion ,
denounces the devotion of the time of
the officers , paid for by the union , to
the interest of political party , and char
acterizes the methods adopted 1)3 * the
national body in this direction as un
christian ami calculated to be disastrous
to the organization.
An effort was mwle to discuss it , but
Mrs. J. Ellen Foster in the chair called
eveiybodjdown who attempted to op
pose it and il wont through with a rush.
Mrs. Foster was asked if she had de
clared that she would stick to the repub
lican party , no difference whether it in
serted a temperance plank or not. She
replied that she was happy to sa3 * she
had.
Renewed Force of tho Scourge.
Jacksonville ( Fla. ) dispatch : The
scourge has increased in force again and
the new cases reported for the twenty-
four hours number ninety-nine , ol
which twenty-five aro whites and seven
ty-four colored. Tiiere were ten deaths.
The total number of capes to date is
2.725 , total deaths 264. The merenry
last night fell nearby to the frost line. It
is cool to-night , but frost before the last
of October will break the record for the
sixteen ' . The citizens'
past 3'ears. asso
ciation to-da > referred to the executive
committee the question of asking tho
people throughthe country to discon
tinue contributions. To date there have
been received $236,867. The disburse
ments have been $74,478 , leaving a bal
ance on hand of $162,389. The demands
of the indigent have steadily grown
from $1,000 to $32,000 per week , but it
is believed they will now decrease , with
more stringent measures adopted to
prevent imposition on the part of those
who have practiced the grossest frauds
to obtain more rations than they wera
entitled to.
All's Well that Emfe Well
Mr. Perry wih un old bachelor ami
Miss Briggrf was an old. maid. Ho
lived in the brick hoiirie on the hill ,
and sho in tho cottage oppoHite , and
they were mortal enemies. Ho de
spised her beeauso sho kopti two cats
and a canary , and sho loatlicd him
for his affection for a. huge mastifl
and an old knock-kneed-horse.
"Why on earth the mnni donrt try
to get a decent horse is more than I
can imagine ! " sho would say , as he
plodded up to tho door. "I la lieve
that he is too mean , and miserly to
bny one. "
Miss Briggs would ! Havohardly
felt pleased had she known that Mr.
Perry rode back and forward on this
worn-out piece of horse-flesh for the
purpose of annoying her.
They never spoke , but yet they
managed to keep up. ui perfect war
fare , by disagreeable manners and
wrathful glances. .
She sat hour after hour beneath
the canary perched oa the window ,
with her cat perched upon vhesill and
her knitting in , her baud , throwing
glances of scorn , to-the opposite side ,
whore he , with cigar and newspaper ,
received and. paid them back with in
terest.
Ilis detestable dog came over and
ran through her garden , destroying
all her beautiful tulips and hyacinths ,
and she gave him a hot bath , which
sent him howling to his master , and
when said master remonstrated , sent
word that she would treat himwersa
n es b time.
Her little led cow broke through
his enclosure , and devoured his tur
nips and cabbages , and he led her
home and informed Miss Briggs that
a second offence would give her a
comfortable pasture in the pound.
For two years they lived and
fought , and noonecould brin ; about
peace between them. It was a pity ,
the neighbors all said , for Miss
Briggs was a dear little soul , and
thore was not a finer man in the
country that Mr. Perry.
"Julia , my love , " said Mrs. Per
kins one afternoon , as she entered
the cosy parlor , * 'l am going to
have a party , and I want you to
come down in the afternoon to tea
and remain during the evening.
Every one will be there. "
"Will tho old bach over the way be
there ? "
"Mr. Perry ? Oh , yes ! AVo could
not get along without him. "
"Then that settles the matter , I
shan 't go. "
"Now , Julia , don't bo so foolish !
If you remain at home he will think
that you are afraid of him. "
Mis3 Briggs thought the matter
over. Well , it would look a little
like that , and she would not have
him think so for the world the con
ceited wretch.
Mrs. Perkins went home , and it
was arranged that Miss Briggs was
to spend the afternoon and remain
for the party.
She was a pretty little woman ,
and it was always a puzzle to every
one why she never married. She had
a round , rosy face , clear brown eyes
• ind beautiful hair , and if she was
tJiirty , there was not a smarter
woman in town.
She stood before the looking-glass
ia her chamber , and fastened her
Lice collar over the neck of her dress
with a plain gold brooch , and began
to think that she looked very well.
There was a bright healthy flush up
on her cheek , and her eyes were full of
life and beautj' .
She walked into Mrs. Perkins's sit
ting-room , and found her awaiting
her with a smiling face. She thought
that she muse be in a very good
humor , but said nothing , allowimr
the good lady to smile as long and
pleasantly as she wished.
She understood it all when supper
time came , and Mr. Perkins entered ,
followed by Mr. Perry. This was a
well-laid plan to make " the two be
come friends.
Miss Briggs bit her lips , and in
wardly vowed that nothing should
tf-mpt her to "give her hand in friend
ship. She hated him and always
would.
lie was placed directly opposite at
the table , and many times forced to'
pyss the biscuits or preserves , and
Miss Briggs accepted them , although
she declared to Mrs. Perkins after
supper that they nearly choked
her.
her.Before
Before evening they were both per-/ /
suaded to overlook the horse and
cow difficulty , and be civil , and Miss
Briggs was frightened when she found
herself talking to him with easy and
pleasant familiarity.
The party was a success , and al
though the sports were generally
monopolized by theyounger portion ,
they found room for the old maid
and her enemy , and several times
they found themselves doing most
ridiculous things in the way of pay
ing forfeits.
At the end of the evening Mi = 3
Briggs was at the door ready to de
part , when he called :
"Miss Briggs , I am going right up
your way. Will you ride ? "
Would she ride behind that old
horse , and beside that detestable
man ? She was wondering whether
she would or not. when Mrs. Perkins
came and triumphantly led her out ,
and packed her into the carriage.
It was as dark as pitch , and tiiey
had to let the horse go his own way
and find it the best he could. ] Fe did
so very well until they reached the
cottage and then he was bewildered.
Mr/Perry spoke , jerked ths reins ,
but to no purpose. Ke then took
out a whip. Whether his natural dis
like to that article , or the memory
of the indignities he had suffered
from the hands of the owner of the
cottage overcame him. it is hard to
decide , but at all events he kicked up
his heels , ran a few yards and fell ,
overturning the buggy and its prec
ious contents.
Miss Briggs was up in a moment
unharmed , but Mr. Perry was silent
as the grave. She ran shouting
through the darkness until Mr. Per
ry's "help" came with a lantern to
her assistance.
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They found' 1 % poor man-ftalfdeafl II I
beneath tho cn.rriage , aud whilorDan mm
was at work , . Mist * Briggs ranhome ill
for her own tyrrnnb. After much | 1 I
linrd labor they aucceoded ihoxtri- Is
eating him fraimtho wroclc , . but he ig
waHsenselesHjjindtheyborchimhomo 1 | |
and sent for tho doctor. Upon ex- If
animation they found hiH leg tobo 1
broken , n ml thus Miss Briggoenemy 1 f
was ut her inucey. i > *
The days andi weeks that , followed S
wore dreadful ones to tho sufferer , but |
Miss Briggs. naver left hfm. . Day Jj
and night sho-stood besido : him , and t * KJ
her plumpi lmotds administered to- ill
every want. 1 * *
He forgot til * cow and' ' His turnips. I' |
Ho forgob thecat and thocanary. . fl
He only saw a little patiotvfc woman , ji I
with a pretty face , trim , figure and fj
tender hands nnd woultiiyou beliovo j. 1
it fell in lovewith her. 1 •
"How could ho help it ? Shohad '
sat by him through thodreary days I
of pain , shehad brought him her * I
preserves and nice invigorating cor- V I
dials. Sho had , in all probability , * "
saved liis life. I
"What could ho do ? Nothing but ,
fall in love/ ' I
"Miss Briggs ! " hosaid , ono day
when he was able to-sit up. I
• "WelL Mr. Perry ? "
"You have been good to me , and I . - < • I
feel as though I owe vou. a great
deal. " - I
"There ! now just slop where you I
are. You owe me nothing. " M
"But would yon mind if I trespassed M
a. little further ouyourgood nature ? "
"Not at all. "
"Well , Miss Briggs , will you take I
me in charge for the rest of my life ? " I
"What ? "
"Will you marry met There ! " I
Miss Briggs blushed * and her an- I
BWer came thus : I
"I will marry you. " I
There was a wedding in church a I
few weeks. Inter , and Mrs. Porkina I
prepared the wedding supper. I
Mr. aud Mrs. I'c-rrylivein the brick I
house , und the cottage is rented to
a young man awl his wife , to whom M
Mrs. Perry beqiwat lied her cats and H
the canary. H
The mastiff and the knock-kneed 1
old horse are with their forefathers. I
Ballou's Monthly.
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Where All Beggars arc Bioh.
Perhaps the most curious of all
guilds in an oriental town , and ono
which flourishes exceedingly in Cav-
alla , is tho beggars' guild. Like oth
er guilds , they have their own laws ,
their president and their council ; this
council gives a diploma to thoso who
wish to beg , and without permission
no one durst seek alms at tho
churches , mosques , or street doors ;
all the legitimate beggars would riso
up in arms against him , and his life
would not be worth much. Friday
is the recognized beggars' day , on
which day they go around from
door to door and get their wallets
filled with bread and beans ; these aro
divided by the community ; nothing
is private property ; it 13 against
their creed.
The beggars' brotherhood is rich ;
they possess house property , tho in
come of which is spent for the benefit
of the community , and once a year
on the day ofSt. John the Charitable
they have a feast. They all go to
church on this day ; it would be diffi
cult to recognize the tidily dressed
members of this honorable commun
ity in their best clothes ; rags and
tatters are only de rigueur for them
when they are on th-ir rounds. Beg- - >
gary pays very well. If a beggar ' s
daughter marries she is dowered by
the community , the president sees to
the betrothal , and his consent is es
sential. At Salonicn , Blind Domclrius
is the president ; lie is easily recogn
ized as he parades the streets , sing
ing his everlasting wail :
Day and night , day ami night. I live in the
dark.
TTretch that I am ! I hoar tho world but I
cannot M-e it.
. And though 3011 know him to be a
rich man , and his wife is well dressed , ' "
and that his daughter will receive a
handsome dower , his pleaforalms is
almost irresistible. Cornhiil' Maga
zine. * ' * •
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ZfopJi's Ark Wood.
Within a radius of sixty miles of
N/ishville , Tenn. , there is said to be
found a tree that is said to bo the
shittim wood of ark fame ? . Celebrat
ed botanistsfrom all overthecountry J
have examined the trees and agree
that they grow nowhere else on the \
globe. They have decided that it is
the shittim wood of which Noah's
ark was constructed , mention of
which is made several tim < ? s in the
Bible. The tree is medium sized.with
very dark smooth bark , and the
wood is of bright gold color. In
early spring the trees are laden with
long , white blossoms , closely resem
bling great ostrich plumes. There
seems tobenodoubtabouttheidenti-
ty of the trees , and it is remarkable
that thev are found onlv in this
small area , and so few at that.
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The Origin of the Word Daisy.
From the Augsist Wide Aw.tk < \
The word "Dabwas formerly
nted in the English counties of Eng
land as an adjective meaning excel
lentremarkable as for instance ,
"She ' s a daisy lass to work. " mean
ing "She ' s a good girl to work : " or
"I'm a daisy hand for pudding , "
meaning "I eat a good deal of pud
ding. "
Here is only another curious exam
ple of the fact that we call " > lang" is
often only a revival of an old phrase.
And the American youngster ' s
"You ' re a daisy ! " ' * is simply old pro
vincial English.
Bad I'iace For Doctors.
First doctor "Got back already
from Arizona ? * '
Second doctor ' * Yes ; I don't Jilce
it out there. * ' a '
"What's the matter ? "
"Well , you see , if you have a case
of small-pox and you don 't report it
to the local board of health , you are
fined and inprisoned. If you do re
port it , the relatives of tne case nil
you full of buckshot. It ain't a
healthy country for a young doctor. "
Texas Siftimrs.
