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i jtf THE bUlOTIjATTLeT K" J suts DKMuaiUTH / ' ? > r ir ro / cIJVH Eh / MAHSAVIWHKTIX. IB \ roiivuiillona Hold In Sloth Rlntc lp J TIiomo in New York Warmly Kii < lorae WP' ' thoXiuta AttmlulMiratlunof ( 'levelmid 1 e , i Nomination * JTIndo In Tlusnacliu * , elt Text of flat for nia Adopted lty ft i tlio Jte | tociti'o Convention * . | | f / i Tirw Y rk I mii mtiiiIc , ihit iiIIoii. ] | J ' Sxiucu.se , N. Y. , October 2. Tlio I- \ democratic state convention assembled t ( . here yesterday nnd elected Lieutenant fe 1 Governor Jones tcmpoinry chairman. ; , ( Ho nuulu a somewhat longthy Bpocch , in | \ which ho referred to tho defeat of tho i I party nt tho Inst national election , ami ' I stated that its members were net dio- ' I conroged or demoralized , but ready to 1 1' renew their allegianco to tho platform * J of 1888. \ In Bto.iling | of Cleveland's ndininis- i I Irntion ho said the hiotor3r of the couu- r j " " try dot's ri"6t" rocoid a inoro successful 7 ' ndminihtrnliou limn that of 188.1 to 1880 , f- ' and eontinuod : "Evciy interest nn u- & gonistic to that of tho people ninde coin- Jl mnu cause ngninst tho democints. Not & only did wo liavo to contend with tho S J wealth of tho plutocrats , mammoth com- ij , ' ( binos of capital , gicnt trusts and un it ' scrupulous monopolies who joined their B < forces , but nil tho minor interests that W I were prospering under tho advantages m , afibidedby tho high protectivo tariffs , < | j . and our attempts at stemming tho cur- L \ rent of boodle were as futile as tho dnm- ; i ming of tho Mississippi river itself. t. Never before in tho history of the coun try has on administration gained tho ; control of the government through such H s wild and extravagant promises , and lit I never has an administration so soon I I gone to protest. " I Referring to tho pint pensions played B > | in tho Into campaign tho lieutenant- H * | i governor said : "Many an old soldier I 1 was prejudiced by misicpreseutationB i' ] of tho management of tho pension dc- H I par tin en t under tho democratic admin- I istratiou. When their interests wore in I § ! . our hands not only all tho rights but I I tho honor of tho veterans was protected. I } To-day ho who risked his iifo leading I j the forlorn hope and was carried from l I tho buttlo field after tho conflict was It I ended maimed for life , finds himself iu I I the estimation ol his claims on tho grat- I ) J itudo of his country rated no higher I ! f than tho bounty jumper aud deserter , I 3 and now ho confesses with shamo that m. 3 ho helped 1 > 3' his vote to place in power I I .an administration that wantonly brands I 1 him and every comrndo who holds an K 1 honoinblo dischargo with tho basest B , 1 stigma of disgrace. In tho political I campaign of 1888 tho'soldiers were K 1 promised pensions galore. Influenced m § by their prejudices and tempted by yI their gteed they rallied to tho repnbli- H ' , can standard by regiments. When the I administration assumed power their ( confidence amis renewed and they felt ( " * * encouraged by tho nppointmentof one B | from their own ranks as commissioner B ! of pensions , who , upon assnmiug oflice , Bj t assured his old comrades that the liberal B promises that he had made by authority HI j on the stump should bo faithfully kept. Bj , Ho took his position with the honest Bl intention of currying out what ho had Bj been taught in tho campaign was to bo Bl > tho policy of the republican odministra- Bj tion if elected , bnt he soon found out Bj that it was intended as their policv if Bj not elected. Ho was a faithful soldier H j who thought ho wns obeving the orders B of his superior officers when ho opened B . th flood gates of tho treasury. " BJ He was frequently applauded. His > allusion to Cleveland evoked hearty Bj < cheering , which was continued for over E 3 n minute. The usual committees were B' appointed and recess taken until 5 B o'clock. BR On leossembling the temporary or- Bj ganizution wns made permanent and the Bl platform adopted. It reaffirms tho doc- Bl I trines of the democratic platform of B | I 18S8 , aud says : "Wo * > not advocate B. . I fiee trade , but steadfastly advocate tho Bj I principle of tariff reform. " President B Cleveland's administi-ation is indorsed. The republican party is charged with obtaining power by corruption , false pretenses , intimidation and the coer cion of voters , unperformed promises j and the shameless trafficking of cabinet < nod other offices to the highest biddeis. President • Harrison is arraigned for having removed "hundreds of honest nud capable officers before the expi ration of their tenns , in violation of his S 1 nute-election pledges. " 1 j The plank dealing with tho liquor j question says : "We do not favor the i unrestricted sale of intoxicating liquors on ono baud , nor prohibition on the other. "We believe tho liquor trnffio _ , should be restrained and regulated 1 > 3T \ s just aud equitable excise laws rigidly ? 1 enforced , which should bo uniform j I throughout thostates" ; The republicans Ax of New York , Massachusetts , Hhode Is- | j land and Pennsylvania are denounced \ for submitting or professing to submit j prohibition amendments , only to defeat | them nt the polls. < Electoral reform receives new pledges z : ! of support , but not as embodiediu the L ' isaxtou bill , which was the lepnblican measure lost winter. Home rule for ci- i ties and the administration of Governor . Hill were endorsed. ' " J Ex-Assembbyman Frank Rice , of On- ' tario county , was nominated for secre- , tary of state. Edward Wemple was re- t nominated for comptroller. Hon. Elliott , Dan forth was nominated for treasurer. < Charles F. Taber was renominated for • . nttoruei' general , dohn liogart was I \ nominated for state engineer and sur veyor aud Dennis O'Brien for court of v appeals judge. Adjourned sine die. MAItXXiAKD JiEPUBMCANS. "Westminister , Md. , October 2. The republican state convention assembled \ yesterdai * to elect it comptroller , the only state officer whose term " expires this year. Tho resolutions which were adopted favor the ad < i tion of nn elec tion law similar to the Australian ballo systemthe ; restriction and regulation of * the liquor traflic ; the extension of edu cational facilities for the colored people , and denounce the systematic attempts to disfranchise and intimidate the negro. George L. Wellington was nominated for state comptroller. Tlio ItfnfcsnclitiBctts Democrat * . WoRCEsrun , Mass. , Oct 4. The dem ocratic state convention was called to order by Chairman P. A. Collins , who was made temporary chairman. After the appointment of the usual commit tees Nathan Matthews , jr. , of Boston , wns made permanent chairman. On > taking the chair Matthews addressed the convention at considerable length. After Matthews had concluded his speech "William K Eussell , of Cam bridge , was unanimously nominated for V governor. A recess until 2:30 was then taken. Tho platform which has been agreed to in tho committee , but not formally adopted , jeaffirms the demauds for free raw materials and lower duties upon the necessaries of life ; favors partial or en- tiro reciprocity of trade between the United States and Canada and close commercial relations with Mexico , and condemns the arbitrary action of the treasury department in respect to the [ importation of Mexican ores ; denounces election frauds and opposes the scheme ' * via : - - % ; . . ; s * : % . . - 4t J / for a national election law. It condemns tho present administra tion for ifs narrow partisanship aud low standard of publi cdnty ; , for its surren- dor to the dictates of unscrupulous pol itical losses , such asMahone. Gray and Piatt ; for its utter oetrayal of tho causo of civil scrvico reform , for its porver- siou of tho pension machinery for dis tributing tho nation's bounty into a moans of influencing votes , for its salo of high political office for largo contri butions of money by which it was placed in powort and of itsshnmelcssnepotism , clonrly indicative of a conception of public office not as a public trust but as a privae perquisite. Tho raluig by which the present administration in tho reversal of a former decision has thrown open tho pension list to persons dishonorably discharged is pondemned as nn outrago upon common souse nud a degradation of what should be a roll of honor into an insult to every true soldier. Upon tho liquor question it says : "Wo believe tho present policy of tho stato m making tho sale of liquor a matter of local option to bo decided by a vote of tho people of each city aud town works satisfactorily and should be maintained. " Upon tho reassembling of theconven- tion tho platform was adopted and tho ticket completed as follows : Lioulenaut Governor , John W. Corcoian , of Clin ton ; secretary of state , William M. Os- good , of Boston ; treasurer and receiver , General E. B. Muun , of. Holyoke ; and- iter , D. T. Trefey , of Marblohcad ; at torney general , Elisha B. Mayuard , of Springfield. At tho conclusion of the reading of tho resolutions Mr. Melleu endeavored to mnko soino disapproving remarks. but as unable to make himself heard on account of tho hisses and shouts of other delegates. The chairman said that any further obstructive factics on tho part of Mr. Mellen would result in that gentleman's ejectment from tho hall. Mr. Mellen thereupon took his scat. "W. E. Bussell , tho nominee for gov ernor , wns then esc rted to tho plat form , where ho made an address which was received by tho convention with great enthusiasm. Tho nominee for lieutenant governor , John W. Corcoran , also mndo a speech to tlio delegates. A resolution was adopted empowering tho oxecutive com mittee of tho state central committee to fill vacancies on tho committee. After listening to a speech by J. P. Eussell. of Leicester , tho convention adjourned sino die. ItoIIcioiiN Work In Japan. Chicago , Oct. 0. John T. Swift , of Now York City , who has been in Japan several years on missionary work , in an address to the ministers in this city , stated that the mental poweis of tho Japanese arc remarkable. Tho deeper problems of philosophy and metaphys ics have an especial attraction for the Japanese students and they grasp them with singular foice. "Such. mindsaro , wonderfully fitted for carrying forward the work of the church , but in that great imperial university at Tokio. with its 8.000 students , the truths of Christ nre not taught. It is tho hotbed of infidel ity , tho sent of ngnostic philosophy. Men who aio familiar with the pages of Mills , Spencer , Darwin and Huxley have never heard of Jesus , yet even in this stronghold of mateiialism the gos pel has been carried. After some in quiry twenty-six christians woie found among the students ami .in association for woik has been foimed. The Japa nese are turning to tho English lan guage. It is being taught in tho schools and tho pupils are required to study it. The demand is > c English teachers is so gieat that almost any per son is seized upon to teach. About seven thousand children in tho empire aro being educated under christian in fluences. Three millions nre getting their education under the influence of ngnostic philosoplry. You will thus realize how great is the urgency of mis sionary work. " Thought Hiumiits Didn't Hurt. Denver , Col. , Oof. 2. A miner in ono of the mines at Leadvillo is in Den ver undergoing peculiar treatment at ono or tho hospitals. Several weeks ago three miners while eating their morning lunch , discussed various top ics. In the. course of the talk , "death bj' strangulation" camo up and one of the men. Frank Leahey , expressed the opinion that by the exeiciso of a little judgment and nerve a man could'sustiin life for considerable time when sus pended by the neck. To a challenge to illustrate his theory in his own peison he replied that he was perfectly willing to do so and a wager of § 50 was made aud accepted. The foolhardy theorist at once descended tho shaft aud com menced preparations for his experiment. Tying n rope around his neck he gavo the signal and in nu instant he was swinging in the air. A few seconds afterward Leahey became painfully aware that ho was sacrificing his life to nn idiotic theorj' . The rope contracted the blood in its passage aud filled his head almost to bursting. His eyes pro truded from their sockets. His swollen tongue begnu to make its way between his lips and lm became unconscious. His friends having no faith in the ex periment , let him down with alacrity. At fiist it was thought that tho j'ouug man was dead , bnt after an hour's hard work consciousness wns restored. I avr CrocliHit * * Iiiiat Soil Dead. Granbub , Tex. , Oct. 2. Colonel Robert Patton Crockett died t his residence on Bncker's creek last Thurs- da3 * in tho 73d year of his age. He was one of Hood county's pioneer settlers , locating here in 1854. His death removes the only remaining sou of Davy Crockett. Immediately after the fall of the Alamo and tho massacre of his father by Santa Anna's brutal soldiers , he left his homo in Tennessee and joined the Texas revolutionists. After peace was declared and victory achieved by the Texnns he returned to Tenuesseo where he remained and set tled down. In 1854 he moved to Texas bringing with him his aged mother , Elizabeth Crockett , who died herein I860. On theevening of August 11 , he sustained serious injuries by a fright ened team running away with tho wagon and suffered intensely until death relieved him. No Necessity for Mmdar Work. "Washington , Oct. 1. Postmaster General "Wanamaker has so modified the postal laws and regulations as to al low postmasters , where necessary , to defer their weekly returns of mouey orders from Saturday to Moudainght , , so as to afford no work on Sunday iu tho preparation of the returns. Iu most instances the returns heretofore ' have been compiled on Sunday , closing 1 up the business of the week at 12 < o'clock Saturday night. Dr. "W. "W. Keen , the distinguished ; Philadelphia snrgeon , will contribute : to Hnrper's Magazine for October a pa per upon "Beceut Progress in Sur- ' gery , " in which he points out the as- j tonishing advance iu this department of medicine. He maintains that "America ' can rightly boast of ploying the chief ' ' role in ellectiug the change that has ; taken place. " ( Secretary Proctor has gone to his . homo in Vermont to he abscntfor about ] one week. j iT ! < | im IfW.j.n.n.W. . . . . -.rim iiwfe > . ] IheTbmine speaks.I UU WttlCOMK TO ' THIS ANTKl - - • * XAllONAL HRr.KaATUB. Ptllcltotl ] * Ilemark * to tlio Iiodjr ol Men IVho Are to Consider tlio Welfarn of Vant Territorial I o e loni Death ofKx-Cov. Martin of Kiiiumib 'SVcim- nry jDepartiiiont circular Itvgnrdlii ; ; 'J'ranult or CIiIiipkc. International Delegate * Wolcomed. Washington , Oct. 4 Tho dologutes to tho International American congress assembled ' at the stato department yes- toiday and wero presented to Secretary Blaine , who delivered a folicitious ad dress of welcome. Mr. .Blaine snid : Gentlemen of tho International Amer ican conference : Speaking for tho gov ernment of tho United Stales , I bid j'ou welcomo to this capital. Speaking for tho people of tho United States , I bid j'ou welcome to every section and every btato ' in the union. Yon como in re sponse i to an invitation extended by tho president on special authorization of congress. Your presence hero is no or dinary ' event. It signifies much to tho people of all America to-day. It " may signify i far more iu tho days to come. No conference of nations over assembled to consider tho welfare of territorial possessions so vast , and to contemplate the : possibilities of a future so great aud so ( inspiring. Those now sitting within . these walls nre empowered to Bpenk for nations which border on both great oceans \ , whose northern limits , touched by the Arctic waters for thousands of miles : beyond the straits of J3 eh ring , whose southern extension furnishes hu man habitations farther below tho equa tor than is elsewhere possible on tho globe. While considerations of this character \ must inspire Americans , both south , and north , with tho liveliest an ticipations of futuie grandeur and pow er , they must also impiess them with a senso , of the gravest responsibility , touching tho character and development of their respective nationalities. Tho " delegates whom I am addressing can do much to establish permanent relations of confidence , respect and friendship between tho nations which they repio- sonr. They cau show to the world an honorable , peaceful conference of sev enteen independent American powers , in whi"h all shall meet on terms of abso lute equality ; a conference in which there can be no attempt to coeice a sin gle delegate against his own conception of the interests of his nation ; a confer ence which will permit no seciefc under standing on any subject , bnt. will frank ly publish to tho world all its conclusions ; a conference which will tolerate no spirit or con quest , but will nim to create American sympathy us broad as both continents ; a conference which will form no selfish alliance against older nations from which wo nre proud to claim inheritance ; a conference , in fine , which will seek nothing , propose nothing , enduie noth ing that is not the general sense of all the delegates , timely , and wise , and peaceful , aud yet we cannot be expected to forget that , our common fate hasmade us inhabitants of two continents , which at tho close of four centuries aro re garded bej'ond tho seasis a new world. Like situations beget like sympathies , and impose like duties ; we meet in tho iirm belief that the nations of America ought to and cau bo more helpful each to the other than they now are , and that each will find advantage and pioiitfrom an enlarged intercourse with the other. Wo believe wo should be drawn together more closaly by the highways of thosea , and that at no distant day the railway systems of the north and south will meet upon the isthmus and connect by laud routes the political aud commercial capitals of all America. We believe that hearty co-operation , based on hearty confidence , will save the American states from the burdens and evils which have long and cruelly afflicted the older na tions of the world. We believe" that a spirit of justice , of common and equal interest between tho American states will leave no room for an aitificial bal- nnce of power like that which has l d horoes abroad and drenched Europe in blood. "We believe friendship , avowed with candor aud maintained with good faithwill remove from the American states the necessity of guarding the boundary lines between themselves with notifications and militar3r force ; we be- liovo that standing armies , beyond those which aro needfnl for public order and the safet3' of internal administration , should be unknown on both American continents. We believe that friendship , and not force , a spirit of just law , and not the violence of a mob , should be the recognized rule of ad ministration between American na tions. To these subjects and those which aro cognate thereto , tho atten tion of this conference is earnestly and cordially invited by the government of tho United States. It will be a great gain when we shall ncqniie that com mon confidence on which all interna tional friendship must rest. It will be a greater gain when wo shall be able to bring the people of all American na tions into closer acquaintance with each an eml to be facilitated by more fre quent and more rapid inter-commnni- caiion. It will be the gieatest gain when personal andcommeicial relations of American states , south and noitli , shall be developed and regulated , that each shall acquire the highest possible advautago from the enlightened and enlarged intercourse of all. Before this conference shall formally enter upon a discussion of the subjects to be sub mitted to if , I am instructed by the president to invito you all as guests of this government , during tho proposed conference , to visit various sections of the country ; with the double view of showing to our friends from abroad , the condition of the United States , and of giving to our people the privilege and pleasure of extending a warm welcome of-Americans to Americans. The addioss was received with an amount of enthusiasm somewhat re markable in a body of this character. At the conclusion of his speech Secre tary Blaine withdrew , and resolutions were adopted , naming James G. Blaine as president of the congress. John B. Henderson acted as president prolem- pore. Kan no * ' Ei-GiiT nn > r Dead. Atchison , Eos. , 3. Ex-Gov. John A. Martin died yesterday from a complica tion of diseases. The G. A. B. will have charge of tho funeral. [ The deceased was governor of the state of Kansas for the two terms next preceding the present incumbent , Gov ernor Humphrey. He was born in Brownsville ? Pa. , fifty.one yeais ago , and was ijke schoolmate of James G. Blaine. G' iyernor Martin came to Kan sas before he was of age and was fiom : tho first prominent and active iu the ; struggle of territorial days. Ho was . secretary of the Wyandotte convention which framed the present state consti- ' tutiou. He was a member of the sen2 2 ate the fust session after the state's ad- . > mission. After the war broke out he 1 entered the service as lieutenant colonel ] of tho Eighth Kansas infantry , serving ; as colonel of the regiment. He was I promoted to the rank of colonel , and was mustered out at tlio close of the ; t . . . , / - • • * c/ * * I war ns a brevet brigadier general. H was mayor of Atchison in early days , and in 1874 was elected by the national houso of representatives ns one of tho managers of tho < natiounLsoldiutH' homo nud continued to hold that position at the time of his death. ] A Treamiry Circular. "Washington , Oct. 2. In view of the opinion of tho attorney general of July 25 last , the treasury department hns is- Biicd tho following circular iu connec tion avith tho transit of Chinese laborers through tho United States : "Any Chi nese laborers claiming to be in transit through tho territory of the United Stntes in the courso of a journey from and to .other countries , shall bo re quired to produce to tho collector of customs at the first port of arrival n through ticket across tho whole terri tory of the United Slates intended to bo traversed aud such other proof as ho may ho able to adduce to satisfy tlio collector of tho fnjfc that bona tide tran sit is intended , and such ticket and other evidence pieseuted must be so stamped or marked aud dated by tho customs officer as to prevent their use a second time. " Section 2 of tho circular provides for descriptivo list of all such laborers as to name , age , complexion , height , occupa tion , color of eyes , physical marks , etc. Under this circular the collector nt tho port of arrival is required to take a bond in the penal sum of not less than § 200 for each laborer , conditioned for his transit and actual departure fiom the United States within a reasonable time , not exceeding twenty days from the date of his arrival. Tho bond may be given by the transportation com pany. NEWS SUM.It A It Y. Earthquake shocks wero felt iu Mex ico , tho undulations lasting thirty sec onds. onds.Mrs. Mrs. Kate M. Nye , of Louisville , K\\ , suicided b } ' jumping from a third story window. Tho Very B07. Otto Zardetti , D. D. , has been appointed bishop of St. Cloud , Minn. , by his holiness. P. L. Liebhardt has been appointed superintendent of tho dead letter oflice of the po&tofiiee department. At Sandusky , O. , Charles flaitman , a * saloon keeper , killed his wife and him self. Jealousy was the cause. Peat fires are raging in the hay lands near Geneva , Minn. , and large quanti ties of hay have been destroj'ed. Major Hill , of Banns couut3 * , Ga. , challenged "Will Gobee to a duel. Tho men met and wero placed in position , when Hill broke and ran , ending the fight. Both nre colored. Alexander W. Copeland , postmaster of Detroit , died on the 1st. He has been in poor health for the past eight een mouths , and has not been able to attend regularly to his official duties. Death is attributed to a complication of stomach tioubles. English investors in New Yoik brew eries will attempt to secure control nt tho coming election of the breweis' as sociation iu New Yoik. The EnglNh investors desireo \ be in a position to make tho price and to regulate business general ' to suit their own ideas. The ccremon3r of hying tho cope stone of the great auditorium building in which President Harrison was nomi nated , was conducted in Chicago under tho auspicesfcf tho Illinois grand lodge of Masons. Previous to the coiemonies there was a large piocession of membeis of Masonic orders. The attorne3' for Frank Woodruff , alias Black , one of the Croniu suspects , made an application to Judge Baker for a writ of habeas corpus for his client. "Woodruff bases his right to discharge from jail on tho giound that two terms of the criminal court had gone by with out his being put upon trial. The German government has placed to the credit of the navy department tlio I sum of 32,000,000 marks to be expended . on new men-of-war. Of this amount 14,000.000 is on account of vessels now in course of construction , being the sec- • ond appropriation for that purpose. The remaining 18,000,000 marks forms the first appropriation townrd.the build ing of two new ironclads , three cmiser corvettes , one cruiser and two dispatch boats. The Cincinnati Price Current says : The movement of hogs has again in creased , the packing in the west for the week showing a total of 175,000 , com pared with 1GO,000 the preceding week and 120,000 last 3ear in tho same week , a gain of 55,000 over a .year ago. Moro than half of this gain has been nt Chi cago , while Indianapolis , Cedar Bapids and Sioux City have been moie activo than a year ago , other points showing no important variation. The biennial report of the Iowa li brarian has been received by the gov ernor. The number of volumes at pres ent in the library is 34,324. Since the last report 3,296 additions have been made to tho library 1 > 3' puichase and donations. Of the nppropoiations of tho last general assembby , amounting to § 1,700 , there remains § 289.52 unex pended. Mis. Miller called especial attention to the growing Aldrich collec tion , and suggests that the state make provision for its further increase. When the deep harbor convention met at Topeka the leport of the com mit tee on resolutions was 1 eceived. Two reports were submitted , a majority and minorir3 % The former favored the es tablishment by congress of a deep water harbor on the northwest coast of the Gulf of Mexico. The minority report asked for the construction of three deep harbors one on the Texas , one on tho Louisiana coast , aud another at some place tobedeterminedhoieafter. After a lengtli3 discussion the ninjoritj- port was fiually adopted. Cardinal Gibbous has prepared a long pastoral letter on the celebration of the ! 100th anniversary of the Catholic hier- arcl)3' of the United States. He dwells on the growth of the country aud the Catholic religion. There is nowem braced within the territor3' of the United States a Catholic population of about nine millions. There nre 10,500 churches and chapels , twenty semi- naries exclusively devoted to the train ing of candidates for the ministry , G50 ' colleges and academies for the higher education of the ' 3'onth of both se es ; 3,100 parish schools and 250 hospitals and oiphan asylums. There are ten articles , a'l invested ' with human , popnlar , and timely in terest , in the handsome October Mnga- . I | zine of American History. The front- ; ispiece is an excellent portrait of the ' ; Samuel L. M. Barlow , accompanied < with a charming poetical tribute from : the distinguished author , George Tick- | nor Curtis ; also a brief appreciative ; sketch of the great lawyer b3' 'the edi- ! tor. The resources of tins splendid , periodical seem inexhaustible. It his ] houestby earned its distinction of being the best magazine of its kind in the woild. Price , $5.00 a year. Published at 743 Broadway , New York City. South Dakota llatMrn * . Pnuuue , S. D. , Oat. 8. South Dako ta's first stnto election descended to a scramble for tho capital location. There has been no fight on * anything else. Mellette is elected governor by 20,000 majority. Pickler nud Giflbrd go to congress. Tho republican majority it : jthe legislature will bo nt lenst sixty , in suring tho election of two republican United States senators. Tho vote was enormous , probably 80,000 , and the frnde and salo of ballots was on the capital fight. For tho capital Pierre. Huron , "Water- town , Chamberlain , Sioux Falls and Mitchell were entered. Beports re ceived up to this morning indicated a vote for Pierre of 20,000 , Huron 21,000 , Sioux Falls 11,000 , Watertown 10,000 , Mitchell 7,000 aud Chambeilaiu 5,000. All tho aute-electiou talk of fraud proved but wind , tho election being very quiet , and so far as reported no frauds were attempted aud no fights permitted. Huron has not < nvon up the tight , but this morning still claims to have secured the capital , as also does Sioux Falls. Owing to the great interest taken in tho capital contest but little attention was given to minority lepiesentatiou aud it was doubtess ! defeated. • Tho fato of prohibition hangs iu tlio balance. In a square fight it would probablj * have carried , .but votes on this question wero recklessly traded on the capital loca tion , and tho vote , whatever it is , will not fairly lepreseut the sentiments of the people of South Dakota. riCRBE WILDLY EXCITED. The most intense excitement and en thusiasm prevails here to-night over the election returns on the capital fight , which undoubtedly selects Pierro bv from 5,000 to 8,000 plurality. Tho fun commenced when the evening passenger train came in , haying on board tho principal men of the city , who have been out working night aud day in tho tight for tho capital. The people carried some of the prominent citizens around on their shoulders. A procession was formed and tho peo ple paraded the streets , 3-elling and cheering iu the wildest disorder. I John Sutherland , president of tho board of trade , was carried around on an improvised platform. Bells wero rang , whistles blown and a perfect pan- demonium prevails. Bonfires nud p3ro- technicnl displa3 * .slight up tho streets. No attempt is being made to keep or der , as the authorities aro in exact B3'm- pulhy with the people. Hundreds of speculators came in on the evening train , and it is safe to say that the city will have a boom and growth unprecedented iu the history of the countiy. Beal estate has doubled in prices and land speculators aro reap ing a harvest. pnonmiTiON defeated. Minneapolis , Minn. , Oct. 8. A cor- lespoudeut at Fargo telegraphs that the returns up to 11 o'clock lhis _ morning from all counties , received at'th' head- quaiters of tho republican state central committee , givo Miller ( rep. ) for gov ernor , a majority over Bonch ( dem. ) of 5,000. The average republican majority is about 7,000 , and Hansbrough's nui- joiity for congress will reach 8,000. The returns fiom every county show a total majorit3' of 2,100 agaiust prohi bition. The republicans have elected ten sen- atois and nineteen representatives , and the democrats two senatois and six rep resentatives , the otheis not being en tirely henid from. lietums from twent3' out of thirty- one legislative districts give the repub licans 49 on joint ballot , nud the demo crats and independents 14. In the dis tricts 3et to bo heard from the repnb- licans claim 20 , which would give them a total of 75 on joint ballot. The friends of Pierce claim 71 votes on joint ballot for United States senator , aud the Scan dinavians claim they will have 19 votes for M. N. Johnson , their candidate for tho United States senate. Johnson hopes to hold the balance of power in tho legislature , which he will use to defeat ex-Governor Ordwaj' . 2:30 : p. m. Sixty-eight republicans ni-c now known to bo elected iu twent3'- six district , to 14 democrats. CHAIRMAN M'C01''S ESTIMATES. Ahebdren , S. D. , October 3. Chair man McCoy of the republican stale cen tral committee , estimates that the re publican ticket is elected byabout20,000 mnjorit3 * ; that prohibition carried l > 3' from 10,000. to 15,000 ; that Pierre has 25.000 votes for the temporary capital , with Huron a good secoud and Sioux Falls third , with Watertown and jMithell fighting for fourth place. Pierre will midoubtedby bo the temporary cap ital. The large vote for that citj * sur - * * . Chairman prised evei-3bod3 McCoy estimates that she will have 10,000 plurality. A special from Deadwood savs thirtv-four precincts , in tho Black ' nillsgivo Pierre 3,128. Huron 3G7 , Sioux Falls 130 , Chamberlain 118 , Water- town 125. That Mounter Mill Sale. Chicago , Oct. 2. Mr. Levy Mayer , of this cit3 % 011 whose nuthorit3' the state ment was made public that an English .syndicate had purchased large milling aud elevator propertj * in the northwest , was shown a dispatch from Minneapolis iu which C. A. Pillsbury is quoted as making certain statements regnrding the sale of his mills. Ma3er was asked for a statement of the exact facts , and answered as follows : "M3 * information is that the original contracts for the sale of the Pillsbury and Washburn mills expired August 1 last and was renewed for a period of sixt3 * to ninety davs. Governor Pills bury was iu Loudon during August , while I was there , for the purpose , it is said , of aiding iu tho consummation of the sale. 1 believe that ex-Governor 1 Washburn wns also there. The contract for the salo of these mills expires in a : few da3's. Tho indications , I am led to bciieve , point to the sale going through , 1 but of course until sales of that magni- < tnde are accomplished no positive state- \ luent cau be made. " ] Mr. Ma3er was then further asked rej garding that nart of the dispatch refer- \ ring to the Tan Dusen nud Star eleva- ] tor systems , iu which Charles M. Har- rington , the local manager , denied the r truth of the reported sale. In regard \ [ to this Maersaid : "I strongly suspect j that the Minneapolis reporter did not 1 interview the genuine Harrington , j If he had and Harrington had spoken I at ; all , he wonld have said that the con- ' a tract for the sale of the Tan Dnsen and ' c v Star I systems had been made ; that in ! fact Harrington , as secretary of ono of c * the companies , had attached his signai ture i to that contract ; that the contract J had i heeii delivered to me , aud that a r portion 1 of the purchase price had al- * re-ubybeeu 1 paid into one of the Chicago _ ? banks. " 1p Qnite a sensation was created at LitJi tie Falls , Minn. , b3 * the discover that f Mrs. J. P. Sand , wife of the deputy , ' 'sheriff , had taken her husbands re volver. ku3\s and § 50 , aud after liber- t atin John Mitchell , recently convicted , n of highw.ny robbery , eloped with him. j t The sheriff aud deputy are in hot pur- 1 suit , but will probably not get Mitchv | v ell. Mitchell is 20 years of age and the ] woman 40. Mrs. Sand leaves , beside q ; her husband , three children , the oldest * of which is 20. Enrique Devilln , Columbian consul , a died of yellow fever at New Orleans. fi : / ' r ( THE CAMP EIKE. , / Description of the prant Statue 4 at Leavenworth Portrait of the New Commander of tho Sunn of Veteran * And Several War Ilcnilnlcoencet. Ono t V One. One by ono tho lights arc dying , All nlong tho olden Mioro ; One by one tho filent boatman. bears tholr gentle plrlt o'er , Ono bv ono the stars aro falling , Froin our childhood' * evening sky , And their glories In departing All about her portals lie Ono bv one oh sweetsurprlifes Crown the path liN spirit lied ; On our wondering > > cmo uprises Faith to whi per , "he's not dead. " Aud the city jmt beyond uh. Seems its portals now > o near. * Since its golden gate * were opened lty the bund w e held so dear , Now from llower Heldsweetest odors Jircatli of myrrh and spikenard bcont Itornc on voftlv swaying breezes O'er heaven's fretted battlement. Now wo list to catch vibrations From its choirs of golden strings ; And our souls are turned to rupture By the melody it brings. Now wot.it in sweet communion Heart to heart and saint to saint Till so lost iu this reunion Wo forget all weak complaint , So m this we name our parting , Heaven iUelf has. romo so near That our world is reaching over Into its clear atmosphere. Mrs. M. O. Page. In Memory of Grant. taft's statue of grant. The bronze monument of General Grant , unveiled in Leavenworth , Kan. , last week , was cast a 3ear ago in South Chicago after Mr. Tafi's design. It is a bronze figure nine feet high on a polished granite pedestal of equal height , and depicts Grant as he would appear : in winter on the field. The figure is in Grant's well remembered attitude , standing with the left foot slightly ad- vanced , the left hand holding a paper to which the right forefinger points ; his heavy slouch hat droops slightly over his face and the cape of his overcoat is thrown back far enough to reveal his broad shoulders. The expression on his face is grave and thoughtfi-i , as if the general was stiHbyiiig" his military problem. The base of the monument is in three pieces , the bottom being seven feet square and two feet thick. Upon this rests the sub-pedestal , live feet square : and two feet thick , with a carved chaplet of ba3' leaves in relief around the top. On the front is a bronze tablet two feet square bearing ; the inscription : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . jp : Palo Alto , Rcsaea de la Talma , : : 3Ionterpy , Cerro Gordo , Con- : : treras , San Antonio , Churubus- : : co , A'cra Cruz , Molino del Key , : : Cbapultepcc , Citv of 3Ie\ico. : : Belmont , Siege of Fort Henry , : : Vicksburg , Petersburg , Fort : : Donelson , Lookout Mountain , ; : Missionary Ridge , Siege of 1'ieb- ; : mond.Shiloh , Chattanooga , Wei- : : den Haiti oad , luka , White Oak : : Road , Corinth , Dinwiddle , Ga. , : : Relief of Knoxville , Grand : : Gulf , Fhc Forks , Port Gib-on , : : "Wilderness Deep Bottom , Ray- . : mond , Spottsylvania , Fort Har- : : rison , , laek < > oii , North Anna , : : Amelia Springs , Champion Hill , : : Tolopotomy , bailor's Creek. Big : : Black , Cold Harbor , Appomat- : i * On the rear of the monolith is an equestrian 1 figure of Grant and his aids in : relief. On the west side is the following ; inscription carved in relief : jpa * * • • • • • • • • • • • • • • > • • • • • • • • • • • • - • • : TIii statue was erected by ofli- : : cers and enlisted men and cm- : : ployes of the Quartermaster's : : Department of the United Suites : : Army ; citizens of the States of : : Kansas ? , and 3Ii"-souri , including : : the Leavenworth Athletic As o- : : ciation ; "Woman's Belief Corp * , : : No. 40 , Wichita Kas. ; traveling : : men's Grant monument fund ; : ; Po > , t 132 , G. A. R. , Junction : : City , Kan. ; theub < : cription list : : of the Kansas City Times ; J. A. : : Garfield Post No. 2 , Chamber- : ; lain , Dak. : citizens ofPbiladel- : : phia , Pa. , and others. : • • - • • • • • An Abolitionist Household. There was a refreshing simplicit3' about the anti-slavery issues as the3' lay ] in the minds of Garrisonian Abo'i- ' tioni.sts. 1 They were very nourishing t5 the soul , though they sometimes conj j duced to the spirit of self-righteousness , ( and induced a habit of disobedience to < the old command that we should judge \ not , lest we be judged. M3private f opinion is that most of these so-called ( fanatics , whether with or without good reason for their courage , would have \ feared no judgment which could have ± been meted out to them on earth or in heaven. Thedid not see two sides to j any phase of their great question. c There was to them one onhright and j one only wrong in all matters appertainr r ing to it. As for worldlvwisdom ' , the3' c believe the phrase to be a contradiction a in terms. There was but one wisdom , v and that was not of this world , it was t of God. The3' were called irreligious j because theytermed the American ! j church a brotherhood of thieves. The 1 g fact was that the certaintj * of their re- j | 5 ligious conviction as to right and wrong j 0 gave them the cool daring- use such l e phrases. Theheld that God cared for j j , consequences when men did their dut\\ [ p It was strong doctrine for eager , im- n pressible children to imbibe. In our household we took it verv * seriously. Anti-slavery held the place in our fam ily life which had been withdrawn from the occupancy of church influences , h since thehad been deemed tainteJ bv \ o the spirit of moral compromise. "We L made no jest and no pla3' about a - - cl thing concerned with Abolitionism. d tinlesn it could be considered trifling si with the sacred subject to name a pet t < Idtten after Jesse Fremont. But then fc jarfisonians were so much more ultra k than Republicans that tampering with S ( Sirs. Fremont's name scarceljfavored fi in approach to the inner temple of the j l > amity political creed. We used to play ti % / 4 - wo were Indians , a * w * ? " * Jfi * % & lorn * tiisles of > cora " * * 2i SSK that stretched down to tb * nwr * • # • ' % sm our house , hut I do sot nmmmfoe tk * $23 wo ever pretended , t fce * * & ? * * S ' -alP * slavolwlderrf 'or played at.anytW * * 4S& tho sort , LUHe 8. Chace Wyroaa , la IM Atlantic Monthly. " lllgsE The Turnlar VaUttof ! * • War. * 3mM Major ChasrHilton , oftba Pal > Mm Houso. Chicago , in the course or a cob- , WM versation with an old eoldier relatett , ; HI this : "I have orten heard men ask wtet • , -JHH wns the tunning point of the war. a- „ : WM jor Thomas Newfiinm. who lives in tlus . | | | | State , told several of us once tbarne ' w&B had put the question to General Bn r- - jCJai man one dav * , amithqt the old coin- * &I9 mander gave him this reply : It was * & short time after the battle of Corintru Spal SlMirman had reported to Halleck , wno 9 B | wns in command , and was there ia- lS | formed that Grant intended to resjgn. -WM Grant was under Halleck's command. S When Sherman heard or this he mount- % ggm ed his horse and rodo to Grant's hen - ' p9 quarters. Grant was sore about tho J 9 | treatment he had received and tow 2 9 Sherman that he would stand it no W B longer. He handed Sherman a piece of. ' > 9B ' . sm paper on which was Grant's resignation. Sherman asked Grant ir ho would do # fmt him a favor , and Grant rcphed > n a M sorrowful wav that ho would u it Jay in bis power. "Sherman toro tlio resign 'jag nation into fragments and said he want- | | H ed him to withold his resignation for / two weeks. Grant consented with nesi- „ jjjE tation. When the two weeks were up " jSi Halleck had been retired and Grant was jjj reinstated for Sherman had removed 1 him. 'That , ' said Old Tccumseh , • ! | | 1 consider was the turning ; point of tna ' " war. An Eplnode of Gettysburg. A One of the happiest men that returned M from the Gettsburg memorial encamp- ment is C. W. Bishing , or Harvey's _ Lake , this county , says a dispatch from • Wilkesbarre , Pa. He was a privatein . W Captain Rice's company , Fifty-third Pennsylvania Volunteers , and was shot M twice ' at Gettysburg/ . fl As soon as lie received tho wounds ha S set to work to burv his musket. He fell t | near a big rock and though suffering ; * f great pain and bleedingprofusely , he S ; f managed to scoop enough dirt at. the 43 base of the boulder to slip his musket , Jjg into it. Afterwards he carefully covered ' , it and wondered whether he would ever I see it again. * j At the recent reuoiQn Bishingaccom - -1 pauied by several old comrades , started I out to look for the musket he buried over twenty-six years before. He quick- I ly located the spot , and after a littl * _ I work struck the old musket. It had the -m appearance of Rip Van Winkle's fowl- jM ing-pieue. The stock had fallen apart , but was still in a good stale of preserva- S tion. I General Sberraan's Trained Eje. V An interesting1 story or General Sher- man comes from Philadelphia. When I he was last iu that city he was riding/ M thro' Fairmount Park when he saw the Sergeant j of the Guard riding toward . I him. "That man is an old cavalryman , " sain j the General , and when he got op- I posite , to him ho was saluted by the Ser- geant in a military manner : I "Halt , Sergeant , " said the General. 1 The latter stopped and again saluted. & - "You are an old soldier , a cavalry- M j man. ] Sergeant , " ' said Sherman. m 1 "Yes , General , of the Seventh Cav- m alr3' . I served twelve years after tha § h war. " | f "Ah ! then you know of Custer aud m Major ; Reno ? " * * "I w.is one of the fortunate ones of cfeJB that , command to escape and be rescued by | Terr\ * . Sherman smiled. Then the old sol dier , told again the story of the massa- J ere. i At the conclusion General Sher- fM uian 1 ' said : . I "Sergeant , let me shake hands with Vm 3'ouyou area brave man. " . % 5" | "I never make a mistake , " added the -.1 General ( , as he drove on. "A civilian never rides like that , and the salute set- * tied 1 all doubts. " A Knock-Down and a Dinner. During the occupation of Paris by the allies , AVellington gave an order that no fl English ofiicer should give a challenge H to ' or accept one from a French officer. H A French Marshal , shortly after this or- H der. < shoved an English Colonel from Jthe pavement j into the street. ' The English- H man , knocked him down. When tho H Marshal made a formal complaint , the H Duke \ sent a written reprimand to the H Colonel and in it inclosed an invitation H to 1 dinner. H He Leads tlio Sons of Veterans. B CHARLES F. GRIFFIN. H Charles F. Griffin , the Indianian who I has just been elected commander-in- H chief of the Sons of Veterans , is distin- S guished in his own state as the most pro- H minent representative of young men ia H the Republican party. He was born in H 2rown Point. Lake county , thirty-two H vearsago. His father was a major ia jH the late war , and was paratyzed from M the effects of army life. Young Griffin - . JH jducated himself and studied law. He " M s a self-made man , and , as James Whit- I : omb Rile3 would say , can be "proud of ' I : he job. " He was chairman of the Re- mblican county committee in Lake I : ounty for several years , but his ability H is a politician first attracted attention vlien he went as a delegate to the na- H ional Republican convention that nom- nated James G. Blaine for President. H rour years ago he was nominated for secretary of State , and he is now serv- H ng his second term , with the distinction if being the youngest man who has S iver filled the office in Indiana. When . H le returned from the convention at " 9\ 'aterson , N. J. , there was a local de- aonstration in his honor. H Match-Breakers. M In Harnsburg , Pa. , there is an organ- zation which has excited considerable H omment in the press of that State. B ndies and gentlemen of certain H hurches have agreeed to break up wed- fl ing1 engagements b } ' fair means if pos- H ible , between young ladies in ther H eens and young men or old , who are H nown to be habitual drinkers. It is S ept secret as far as possible , and yet B everal marriageable youngmen have H elt its refrigerating force. Tliey have H een frozen out from the objects a ? 1 B heir alleged affections. \ H / Sr M
