Terms, 82.00 a Year, in Advance.
Bellefonte, Pa., Sept. 6, 1889.
P. GRAY MEEK, EpITOR.
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Democratic State Ticket.
FOR TREASURER,
EDMUND A. BIGLER,
FOF CLEARFIELD.
Democratic County Ticket.
For Associate Judge—THOS. F. RILEY.
For Prothonotary—L. A. SCHAEFFER.
For District Attorney—J. C. MEYER.
For County Surveyor—GEOQ. D, JOHNSON.
For Coronor—Dr. JAMES W. NEFF.
The Grand Jury Make an Interesting
and T¥ustructive Report.
The report of the Grand Jury last
week, which we publish in this issue of
the WarcuMAN, gives an exhibit of the
bad management of county affairs by
the Republican Commissioners. The
report refers tothe condition ofthe coun-
ty buildings, which in many respects it
condemns. Piles of rubbish and a pool of
water in the jail cellar indicate inexcu-
sable carelessness on the part of the
Sheriff and the Commissioners. Wa-
ter allowed to accumulate in the cellar
through defective drainage is, in the
opinion of the Grand Jury, calculated
to produce the double injury of decay-
ing the timbers and rendering the
building unhealthy. Ttisa condition
that certainly should not exist under
the administration of officers who
went into office under the promise that
they were going to bring about great
reforms.
In the jail yard the grand inquest
found a combination of trees, iron rods
and poles, clothes lines and shed roofs
that couldn’t be arranged to better ad-
vantage for prisoners who might want
to regain their liberty be scaling the
walls. In addition to these facilities
for escape the yard was found to be
ornamented with piles of rubbish, and
general defects are also shown in the
condition of the jail wall which indi-
cate the gravest neglect on the part of
those whose duty it is to keep it in g>0d
repair. These are deficiencies that make
a bad showing for officials who went
into office ¢ 8 reformers.
The condition of the
vaults” in connection with the Court
house ereated an unpleasant odor in
the olfactories of the grand inquest.
In fact they smelt so bad that the jury
mention them as proper objects to
which the Commissioners might apply
some of the “reform” that was promis-
ed at the time of their election. The
grand jurors were not the only ones
that have “smelt” this defect. During
the hot days of Summer this malodor-
ous evidence of how the Commission-
ers are carrying out the work of “re-
form” has floated into the windows of
the offices located inthe west end of the
court house, even penetrating and per
fuming the sanctum of Hexpersox and
Decker while those reformers were
devising their great act of running the
county on a two mill tax by increasing
the valuation of taxable property. The
stench failed to remind them that such
a condition of affairs was an offense to
every decent citizen of the county who
had business at the court house, and
who as a tax-payer had a right to de-
mand that it be kept in better condi-
tion.
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The Grand Jury also called attention
to the condition of the court house
yard, to which we also referred in our
last issue. Tt is clearly their opin-
ion that such an inclosure is not in-
tended to be a playground for idlers
who leave it in a dirty and disordered
condition.
The report of the grand inquest fur-
nishes a commentary on the manage-
ment of the board of Commissioners
that scarcely needs further comment.
It shows a careless, slip-shod and in-
competent administration, which is also
manifested in every department of the
county business.
Reform in the District Attorney's Office.
District Attorney Meyer introduced
a reform last week in the routine work
of the Quarter Sessions which will be of
practical advantage and a pecuniary
benefit to the tax-payers of the county.
It was the custom to put off the swear-
ing of the Grand Jury until Monday
afternoon, which caused a delay in their
going at the work they had to do.
This involved the loss of valuable time
at the beginning of the week, 1t hav-
ing the eflect of keeping the grand
jury together longer than there should
have been oceation for, and causing an
unnecessary expenditure of money. [tott-
en happened that in consequence of there
being no commonwealth business rea-
dy under this arrangement, civil cases
were taken np and disposed of before
the criminal business was brought be.
fore the court.
such
final discharge ot the grand jury.
[t is easy to see how
a custom would delay the
| ney MEYER last week a reform
At the suggestion of District Attor-
was
brought about in this matter by hav-
ing the Grand Jury sworn in immedi
ately upon the convening of Court. Be-
ing forehanded in the preparation of
the commonwealth cases, he had a
number of them ready which were
promptly acted upon, with the result
that by Monday evening the Court had
already disposed of a number of cases
and by Tuesday evening most of the
commonwealth business had been acted
i upon by Leth the Grand Jury and the
Court. There was no such delay as
would keep the (irand Jurors together
an hour longer than was necessary, at
an expense to the county.
It is easy to calculate what amount
of money was saved by Mr. Meyer's
good management. The daily expense
of running the Court is at least $300.
By the expeditious clearing up of the
the Grand Jury at least a day and a
half sooner than it otherwise would
have been, there was a saving to the
county treasury of about £500. This
is practical reform, quite different in
its results from the sham reform in the
Commissioners’ office.
The Democratic State Convention and
Nominee.
Unlike the henchmen of the Repub-
lican state Boss, who met to confirm
the choice of their master, the dele-
gates to the Democratic State Conven-
tion met at Harrisburg on Wednesday
to select a candidate for State Treasu-
rer as the choice of the party they rep-
resented. It was an assemblage of
freemen whose untrammeled action
contrasted strongly with the subservi.
ency of underlings held in leading
strings by a master hand.
Hon. Samver M. WHERRY, whose
name is honorably connected with the
unavailing efforts made in the last
Legislature to restrain the encroach-
ments of the corporations, was selected
as temporary chairman to direct the
process of organization. Congress-
man J. B. Renny, of Schuylkill coun-
ty, was elected permanent President,
with the usual complement of Vice
Presidents and Secretaries.
The names offered as candidates for
nomination for State Treasurer were
Epyusxp A. Bicrer, of Clearfield;
Homer J. Humes, of Crawford; Cap-
tain A. A. Cray, of Elk; and Isaac
WiLbE, of Philadelphia. The first
and only ballot resulted as follows:
Bigler,, 207; Humes, 7%; Ciay, 21
Wilde, 4.
The nomination of Mr. BioLEr was
then made unanimous. A speech ex-
pressing sterling Democratic sentiments
delivered by the nominee. Hox Wir
Lad A. Warrace also gave the con-
vention an electrifying Democratic ad-
dress. Mr. WHERRY's speech was
characteristic of the man who, as one
of the representatives of the people in
the Legislature, has made such earn-
est efforts to bring corporate power un-
ReiLy and Hues.
The platform adopted is fully ex-
pressive of the spirit and purpose of the
democracy of Pennsylvania. It de-
clares in favor of pure, honest and eco-
nomical government, to the end that
labor may not be robbed of the bread it
has earned. It endorses and applauds
GrovER CLEVELAND'S position in favor
of tariff reform, insisting upon the re-
the free importation of such raw mate-
rials as are required by the manufac
turing industries. Trust robbery is de-
nounced in unstinted terms. The re-
sult of the Prohibition election is accept-
ed as a decision by the people in favor
of a reasonable, just and effective reg-
ulation ot the liquor traffic. The hy-
pocrisy of the Republicans in dealing
with the Prohibition question is aec-
corded well deserved reprobation. The
Republican party is held responsible
for the failure to pass laws to enforce
the constitution in relation to railroads
and other corporations; for its neglect
to legislate in the interest of the work-
ing people, and for the defeat of prop-
er revenue laws. They are charged
with a corrupt managemert of the
State treasury and flagrant violation ot
the law by the commissioners of the
sinking fund. The Australian ballot
system is recommended, sympathy is
expressed for the flood sufferers, and
a declaration made in favor of pension-
ing honorably discharged veterans of
the late war. p
The Democrats enter the campaign
with an excellent candidate and a de-
claration of principles which the people
| can believe in. There are causes op-
erating to weaken the strength of the
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with the Democracy presenting a unit-
ied front to their opponents, there is
much in the situation to encourage the
hope ofa Democratic victory in No-
vember,
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The Issue in the County.
There are but few county offices to
be filled by election this fall, nor are
they of the first importance, excepting
that of Prothonotary. Yet the elec-
tion is of great consequence, not merely
to the Democratic voters, but to the
people of the county generally. All clas-
ses of voters, irrespective of party, are
interested in having the offices properly
filled. To assist in accomplishing this
object is the duty of every good citizen.
There can be no question as to the quali-
fications of the Democratic nominees,
Messrs. Scuaerrer and Meyer have
proved themselves to he among the
most competent officials that ever held
public positions in this county. The
other nominees are men of acknowl-
edged excelle:t character. On this
score the ticket offers to the voters
everything they could ask
But the voters have a further pur-
pose to serve in voting the Democratic
ticket. key have the duty of repudi-
ating the party which on the false pro-
mise of reform succeeded in obtaining
some of the county offices two years
ago. In what particular have the peo-
ple of the county secured better service
by putting Republicans in the Sheriff's,
the Commissioners’ and other coun-
ty offices? Were not those voters
completely fooled who were led to ex-
pect that Cookr was going to make a
model Sheriff? Hasn't the office been
run more for Cooke's private advan-
tage than for the public good? Has
any leniency been shown to anybody
where it would interfere with Cook's
profits? I= there a dollar in it that he
isn’t squeezing out? And as to the
Commissioners’ office, instead of the
reforms that were to tollow its coming
under Republican control we see blund-
ering incompetency that is neglecting
the county property and increasing the
county debt, with the inevitable result
of an increase of taxation. This has
already shown itself in increased valua-
tion of taxable property which has been
resorted to in order to maintain the pre-
tense of meeting the county expenses
with a two mill tax.
The offices to be filled this year are
not so numerous or important as in
some other years, yet there is a duty
incumbent upon the voters at the com-
ing election to rebuke the party which
under false pretences has obtained some
of the leading offices in the county. The
question of better management in the
Commissioners office will come up next
year, but if the voters should neglect to
do their duty this year it would be dif.
ficult to bring about that change in the
Commissioners’ office a year hence
which is of so much importance to the
taxpayers. Proper action at the polls
this year will make it easy to tarn out
of power the incompetent majority in
the board of Commissioners
bad management is preparing a legacy
of increased taxation for the property
owners of the county.
A Race War in Louisiana.
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NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 1.—Between
and 3 o'clock an excursion train com-
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people, ar- |
posed entirely of colored
rived at Gouldsboro depot from Baton
Rouge. A large number of colored men
and women were near the depot waiting
for the train,which was due at 11 o'clock
As the train neared the depot one
of the excursionists attempted to get
off and fell to the ground. Some un-
known person made a personal remark
when a negro drew a pistol and fired
four or five shots in rapid succession,
: i one of which struck a white man named
peal of such tariff taxes as encourage | William Miller, brother of one of the
and protect monopoly, and demanding .
Gretna police, in the nose and lodged
itself in the back of the neck. Then
the shooting became general, some
four or five hundred shots being fired
in less than fifteen minuts. The above
account of the trouble is from the police
of Gretna. A terrible panic occurred,
women aud children running in all
directions shouting and screaming,
leaving'dishes, baskets, hats and shoes,
&e. Ed. Levy, colord,ivingin Algiers,
was shot in the left arm, and a colored
woman named Fleming was also fatally
shot in the back.
A Grenada, Miss., special says.
A telegram was received here this morn-
ing saying that negroes were massing
near Shell Mound, Le Flore county,
Miss., and that a conflict between the
whites and blacks was expected. Help
was called for, as the negroes out-
numbered the whites six to one. A
volunteer company of abont forty men
was raised and left on the 12:15 train |
for the scene of the trouble.
ny of cavalry will leave
A later dispatch asks for all the availa-
A compa-
ble men throughout the county at once, |
By order of the governor, the Winona
rites, accompanied by several citzens, |
lett ona special train at 2 p.ui., for Greeq-
wood, from which place they will go (0
Shell Mound to aidin suppressing the
trouble,
About 4:30 o'clock this morning i
large reflection was seen near the line
between Algiers and Jefferson parishes.
An alarm of five was turned in. The
Algiers fire department started to the
scene and found a large number of men
armed with muskets, &c., and a negro
church on fire. There was no water at
hand und the church was entirely con
sumed. Just after the fire at the col-
ored church a colore? man,named Ben
Watkins, aged 75 vears, was shot in
the breast and slightly wounded, by
some unknown parties.
Cameron a Marked Man.
Quay Seeks His Overthrow in the Next
Legislature.
Special Correspondence of the Pittsburg Post.
PHILADELPHIA, September 2.—Sena-
tor Donald Cameron is a doomed man.
He doesn’t think so. His friends do not
think so, but one of the ambitions of
Senator Matthew S. Quay’s life is to de-
throne the Cameron dynasty. And this |
he will do in 1890. Senator Cameron
has accepted the Quay dictatorship with
much better grace than his friends ex-
pected. He realizes his inherent weak-
ness before the people of Pennsylvania,
and relies upon Quay to send him back
to the senate in 1890. ‘Don Cameron is
in some respects a much abler man than
his father; but his training has been
different. While the old man in his
youth sat around the corner groceries,
and whittled and got acguainted 'with
people, and acquired that easy and warm
personal magnetism which drew all sorts
of men to him naturally, his son had the
different influences of a” railroad officer,
and where his word was law to most of
those with whom he came in contact.
He is credited with being cold-blooded
and selfish. He is neither ; but he can-
n-t unbend, and he has not the slightest
hold on the people; and now that hs |
father is gone, and fences are torn down,
Donald has submit with the best grace
possible to being second.
To Mr. Quay he is a squeezed lemon.
Quay can elect him, but beyond a cer-
tain point he cannot use him. Outside
of politics Don Cameron is honest. He
has a strong will, and he is a fighter.
He is nota handy man for Mr. Quay to
have, and like every other man for
whom Mr. Quay has ever expressed
warm friendship, he will be dropped
when Quay’s tir ugh with him, and
Quay is through with him now.
But few people know the depth of in-
gratitude which this act will mean. C.
L. Magee, the Allegheny county boss,
is one of these. A promineut politician
who was watched the workings of the
party for a quarter of a century, says
that Quay stands to-day deeply indebted
to Don Cameron personally, and finan-
cially for money advanced during the
Hoyt regime, and that the obligations
still stand. It was connected with the
disposition of State funds, and Quay'’s
position was serious. Cameron and Ma-
gee advanced the money, and some of
their friends say have never been repaid.
Magee has been urged to push his claim
but has ‘refused because the matter
would more or less implicate other pro-
minent men in the party.
Quay has all the hatred of an ingrate.
He has already commenced a relentless
war on Magee, and Cameron will soon
follow. Donald thinks his corporation
interests are so stong that Quay can-
not afford to drop him, and relies on
going back to the United States Senate.
A proof of this is his action in opposing
the nomination of General Dan Hast-
ings forgovernor. Hastings has a claim
on Quay and George W. Delamater for
whose |
to-night.
governor. Cameron is against Hast-
ings. Consequently Quay can let Cam-
eron dictate the nomination of Delama-
i ter, unless the opposition prove too
strong, in which case he can bring in
his man. Quay’s hatred for the Camer-
ons is inborn. He wasa Curtin Re-
publican, and trained with the old war
governor until he went over to the De-
mocracy. Simon Cameron in his life-
time circumvented Curtin’s ambitions,
and the old man was powerless to avenge
his wrongs, and his hatred of the Cam-
eron clan is the legitimate issue of it.
His partial paralysis of Magee and his
adherents, first at the Chicago conven-
tion in 1888 and lately in the Harrisburg
legislature in 1889, was te first direct
blow at the Cameron dynasty: This he
is trying to follow up by attempting to
elect a legislature which will be com-
pletely subservient to his wishes in the
election of a successor to Senator Cam-
eron next year.
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An Overlooked Clause in the Pension
Laws,
The generally forgotten fact is recall-
ed by the St. Louis Republic that under
the pension laws of the United States no
one has any right to claim or receive a
pension who is not, in whole or in part,
disabled by reason of wounds or disease
received or contracted in the line of du-
ty, from supporting himself by his own
exertions. Section 4692 of the Revised
Statutes is explicit that the only ground
for a pension is some measure of disabil-
ity, and that the pension shall only
“continue during the existence of the
disability.” A man who has not been
disabled in whole or in part, through
service in the army, has no legal right
to pension, while a man who has been
disabled and subsequently recovers from
such disability, has no legal right longer
to draw a pension. There are some
cases, but very few, of pensioners sur-
rendering their pensions on the ground
taht disability on longer existed. J. RE.
Campbell, the prospective Democratic
candidate for governor of Ohio, volun-
tarily gave up his pension in 1875, im-
mediately after passing the medical ex- | Aik
! who are seeking it.
amination for life insurance. He said
nothing about it to any one, and five or
six years later, when he became a can-
didate for congress, the facts came out, |
in reply to assaults of his opponent, that :
while criticising pension extravagance
he was in receipt of a pension. Senator
| Manderson would have done well to
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| have followed this example, as well as a | :
publican
good many others, but they don’t think
of'it. Their constant ery is for an in-
crease,
a —
would thirow a projectile fifteen miles,
thanked God that no such guns were
necded 1 Persia. They ean do their
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killing nt shorter range in Teheran. |
It probably did not enter the min of
the Shah or his vizier that these bio
CANNON ATE PEACE Preservers
than instrumentalities of destruction.
It Persia had plenty of bie steel guns,
and gunners who knew how to manage
them. they wonld Le a hetter security
tor her shaky throne than all the!
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soldiery she could muster, The great
powers have great respect tor big guns,
and not much respeet for any thine
else, — Bl cord.
.intents and purposes.
When the Shah of Persia and his !
grand vizier were shown the bie Arm- |
strong cuns at the Elswick works in |
ingland, the latter dignitary, after
| curiously examining the 105-ton aun, |
“ascertaining its cost, and the fact that it
nearly
rather |
Immigration Since 1820.
The constant influx of immigrants into
this country has led some timid people
to fear that the American people would
some day cease to be Anglo-Saxon 1n
blood. An examination of the immig-
ration statistics, however, does not show
this fear to be well founded.
The Chief of the Bureau of Statistics
at Washington, in obedieace to a request
made by the special committes on immi-
gration of the Fiftieth Congress, has
compiled a report from the available
immigration statistics of the country.
The period covered by this report begins
with 1820, previous to which no statis-
tics of immigration were compiled. The
figures show thd total arrivals of alien
passengers during that period to have
been about 15,000,000, or nearly one-
fourth the present population of the
country.
During the first forty-six years, or
from 1820 to 1866, there were but two |
years in which the immigration from the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland did not exceed that from all the
rest of Europe combined. From 1820 to
1830 the percentage of arrivals from
Great Britain and Ireland was 52.85,
from the rest of Europe, 16.04 pes cent, ;
from 1830 to 1840 the British immigra-
tion reached 47.27 per cent. of the total
and the continent only 85. 47 per cent. ;
from 1850 to 1850 Great Britain contri-
buted 61.15 per cent. and the continent
32.09 per cent. ; from 1850 to 1860 Great
Britain contributed 51.50 per cent. and
the continent 42.60 ; from 1860 to 1870
British arrivals were 44.88 per cent. and
continental 43.51. It was! only in the
decade between 1770 and §1880 that the
figures were reversed, British immigra-
tion consituting but 33.60 per cent. of
the whole against 46.12 from the con-
tinent.
As the emigration from the continent
has been chiefly from Germany and the
Scandinavian countries, whose people are
of Saxon blood and who, upon coming to
this country acquire the English langu-
age and American habits and customs
in a few years, there seems to be little
danger even from thissource. The 15,-
000,000 immigrants and their descend-
ants have become Americanized to all
Except in a few
large cities there is little to indicate the
presence of a large alien population and
with the lapse of another generation or
two the characteristics which mark these
cities as in any sense Kuropean will
fade away.
What Is A Fire?
A Question Lately Settled in the French i:
Courts—A Lost Jewel That Had to |
be Paid For.
The Irish Law Times thus states an
insurance case lately decided in the
French courts after a prolonged strug-
le:
The Countess Fitz-James, residing in
Paris, insured against fire in that Union
Fire Insurance Company of that city for
558,000 francs, and in her policy were
mentioned her jewels, among which
figured specially a pair of earrings com-
posed of fine pearls, valued at 18,000
francs. On April 17, 1887, one of these
earrings, which had been placed on the
mantlepiece, was accidentally knocked
down by the Countess and fell into the
fire, where 1t was consumed, notwith-
standing every effort was made to save
the jewel.
Expert jewelers were called in by both
parties to estimate the intrinsic value of
the property destroyed, and 9,000 francs
was stated to be theamount, less 60 fracs
for molten gold rescued from the ashes.
The insurance company refused to pay
for the burnt pearl on the ground that
there was no conflagration, that the fire
which consumed the object was an or-
dinary fire; in other words, that there
was no fire, and that the company was |
not responsible where combustion had
only occurred by the ordinary use of a
grate for heating purposes. The Court,
however, rejected this, and ruled that
“the fire, in matters of assurance, ap-
plied to every accident, however unim-
portant such accident may be, so long as
it is caused by the action of fire.” It
was, therefore, ordered that the Union
Company should pay to the Countess
Fitz-James the value of the jewel, less
that of the gold recovered, viz., 8,940
francs and costs.
Will Tanner Be Removed ?
What Repiresentative-Elect Flood Threat-
ens if the Commissioner is Retained.
Wasninaron, D. C., Sept. 1.—Cor-
poral Tanner and Assistant Secretary
Bussey are expected back tomorrow,
and Secretary Noble on Tuesday, when
the struggle for the removal of Tanner
will be renewed, Tanner being some-
what strengthened by his Milwaukee
qualified indorsement and somewhat
wenkened by his Milwaukee ¢ widows"
speech. On the balance he is perhaps no
stronger than when he left for Milwau-
kee. TLerefore the chances of his re-
moval are thought to be good by those
Repu. lian Representative-elect Flood
of Elmira, N. Y., who was so savagely
attacked by Tanner on his way to
Milwaukee, is here to do what he can to
have Tanner removed. He said to-day
that it was a national disgrace to have
such a man at the head of the Pension
Office. He also said that unless the Re-
Administration relieved the
Republican party of this burden prompt-
ly he (Flood) would resign his seat in
| the House, and let the Democrats elect
his successor, so as to cut the Republi-
can majority down. This threat, he
thinks, may facilitate the removal of
Tanner.
Be —
Truth is Stranger Than Fiction.
“You've been cashier at this concern
twelve vears, Mr. Cashup?”
said the president, who was fecling be-
nignly goed natured. “Twelve vears,’
said Mr. Cashup, his heart beating with
thoughts of a raise. “And vet,” said
the president, “you have never once run
off to Canada with the funds? Haw,
haw!” Mr. Cashup, whose pulse sinks
to the ncrmal as he recognizes the annu-
al joke—“No, sir; it’s been mighty
hard grubbing to get away with $18 ev-
ery Saturday; I think it would be all
i my life is worth to try to get away with
Is dismissed on the spot for
any more.”
J. Durdette in
impudence.— Robert
Brooklyu Eagle.
No Longer A Kisser.
The Splendid Opportunity Let Slip by
Great Tecumseh.
General Sherman was somewhat fa-
tigued by the review, but Le was in the
best of spirits and chatted contiuously
with General Warner and General John
C. Anderson who stood at either side of
him. The head of the column passed
the reviewing stand at 10.40 o'clock and
it was 12.10 when the Wisconsin divis-
ion, occupying the left of the line, came
in sight. The Badgers prolonged the
procession an hour and ten minutes
longer. General Sherman sat down once
after standing nearly an hour, but soon
got upagam. A few minutes later he
called for a chair, and reviewed the bal-
ance of the procession sitting.
“Are you sick?’ asked General An-
derson, solicitously.
“0, no. I find it hard work stand-
ing though.”
“You are old,” jocularly returned
General Anderson, with a wink in his
eye; ‘you'll be too old for the girls
pretty soon.” Old Tecumseh, whose
spare brown hair shows hardly a gray
thread, through his closely “cropped
beard is snowy white, gazed a moment
at the white-haired veteran at his side.
“Let's see; you must be over 100 your-
self now,” he retaliated.
But the rumor has gone forth that
General Sherman has lost his ambition
for kissing pretty girls. A rumor of
wonderment swept across the grand
stand when he missed the opportunity of
his life to-day. As pretty a girl as any
one could desire to kiss came across the
street through the lines at some peril to
herself, bearing a silver decanter of ice-
water. She was clad in a becoming cos-
tume of red, white and blue, and the
national colors were reflected in her
cheeks and eyes. A soldier gallantly
helped her up the stairs, and thousands
watched Old Tecumseh as he drank the
refreshing and welcome draught and
then thanked the maiden for her cour-
tesy. The crowd waited breathlessly to
see her receive the guerdon of merit, the
fatherly kiss which Old Tecumseh is
won't to bestow with fatherly readiness,
but he did nothing of the kind. Per-
haps he didn’t think of it, but the crowd
did, and was intensely disappointed.
Perhaps the young lady was, too.— Mil-
waukee specialin the Chicago Tribune.
BE ——
Graham Goes Over Niagara.
The Foolhardy Cooper Safely Rides the
Horseshoe Falls in a Barrel.
Burraro, N. Y., Sept. 1.—Early
this morning Carlisle D. Graham, the
Philadelphia cooper, went over the cen-
tre of the Horseshoe: Falls 159 feet in
. his barrel-boat, and twenty-five minutes
later was picked up comparatively un-
I harmed in the eddy below the falls.
His barrel was beaten and wrenched
; somewhat but was still water tight
and perhaps in a condition to go
over the falls again. About fifty
people witnessed the feat, which, in
order to avoid arrest, was conducted ve-
| ry quietly. At midnight the barrel and
; Graham were taken across the upper
| suspension bridge in a hack driven by
| Andrew Horn, aud brought round to
| the mouth of Chippewa Creek, on the
the Canadian side, three miles above the
falls. There they were joined by Ger-
ry K. Staley, who rowed down from the
| village of La Salle in a boat and towed
i the barrel, 300 feet from theshore, where
, at 6.40 o'clock, it was let go. A fifty-
| foot drag rope was on behind, and 100
| pounds of railroad iron attached to the
bottom of the barrel to keep it upright.
i Graham was doubled upon top of two
| thirty-pound bags of sand, and had both
| legs and arms thrust through the same
i loop, his head being bent down between
! his knees. The barrel rode to the brink
of the falls in twenty-five minutes, going
| over at 7.10 o'clock. After being sub-
| merged a minute and a half it came to
the surface forty yards below the falls
{ and floated about for twenty-five minutes
longer, when Almer Jones swam out and
towed it ashore with the remnants of
the drag-roge.
The man-hole had been padlocked
| from the outside and the bars were so
| much wrenched that they had to be cut
i off. Then Graham was dragged out in
I a faint condition, the foul confined air
and several hard blows on the head
| while going through the upper rapids
having knocked himout. He was soon
restored, and, excepting a few bruises
was uninjured. He says that he is
satisfied, and does not care for any more
barrel glory. He will never enter a bar-
rel again,
Graham says. “The first T knew
was when some one struck the barrel
and said, ‘Graham, are you alive?” He
complained of terrible pains in the back
and head from the racking he had re-
cerved, and could talk but incoherently.
Graham is a native of Wilmington,
Del. , and is 36 years of age.
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Suffering Miners.
CorLumsus, O., August 26.—Robert
Watchorn, secretary of the N. P. U.,
has jut returned from a trip to the min-
ing regions of Clay county., Indiana.
Asked today about the situation there,
he said: “The situation is very bad.
The miners, though, are determined.
They say thecounty authorities can have
a chance to bury every miner before
they will accede to the 25 per cent. re-
duction, which demand the operators
have made. At the present time the
miners are living on a mere pittance of
24 cents a week, which is allowed to
each man. Strange to say, they man-
age in some way to survive, and hid de-
fiance to the powers that be.
Mr. Watchorn states that he went to
the operators. The conference he had
with them left no ground for hope. The
miners will be allowed to remain idle. Tt
is proposed to starve them out. The op-
erators declare they will bring them to
terms, if it takes two years to do it. No
terms but the above could be mentioned
to which they would accede. Nothing
but an unconditional surrender will
suffice. That, of course, means a 25 per
cent reduction,
While the NP. U. people are doing
all that can be done to relieve distress,
nevertheless the condition of the miners
is simply terrible. Yet the men con-
tinue to hope and patiently await the
tidings which seems to come on leaden
wines,
ord