FLTEELAND TLLIBUNE.' rcuUafiED XVXUT MONDAY AND THURSDAY. TIIOS. A. BUCKLEY, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE: MAIS STREET ABOVE CE.NTBE. SUBSCRIPTION BATES. One Year..... $1 50 Six Mouths.. 75 Four Months.... 50 Two Mouths 25 Subscribers ore requested to observe the date following tho name on the labels of their pupers. By referring to this they can tell at u glance how they stand on tho books in this olllco. For instance: G rover Cleveland 2KJuneos nutans that Grover is iwdd up to Juno 28,15R5. Kwp the figures in advance of the present (lute. Ilcport promptly to tliis office when your puper Is not received. All arrearages must bo j>aid when imper is discontinued, or collection will bo made In the manner provided by law. FREELANP, PA., AUGUST 30, 1894. Electric welding lias been used to remedy blowholes in defective,'castings by Hist drilling out tho defects, and then beating tiro casting and in troducing scraps of steel, which are molted by electricity, making a perfect joint, without a scam or Haw of any kind. Unquestionably certain lines of business will be favorably affected by tho end of all uncertainty about the tariff'. But for any cmi pie to restore tion of prosperity more than tariff legislation must bo accomplished. The money question must be settled and settled right. The continued appreciation of the single measure of price must be checked. But more necessary than this is the breaking of the bold which the possessors of natural monopolies have upon trade and commerce. So long as every in dustry and interest gives up the hotter part of its blood to the leeches of socie ty there can be no health in the busi ness community.— Chicwjo Times. Never, says the Philadelphia Times, never in the wildest dream of ambi tion of all his remarkable career can one think of tho late Jay Gould im agining his own son hobnobbing with the possible future king of England in the cabin of a royal yacht at Cowes, and never in all the ecstatic moments of roof-splitting applause did Edith Ivingdon Gould venture to hope that a royal arm would support her to the dinner table, or that duch esses and countesses should shake hands with her and call her 'My dear." It simply goes to show what wealth can do. The only satisfaction that men who struggle for great wealth have is that while they cannot "got there" themselves, their children will. Among the prominent men lately claimed as members by the A. P. A. was Governor McKinley, of Ohio, the prospective candidate of Repub licans for tho presidency in 181)0, and author of the famous tariff bill that was wiped off the statute books this week. The claim was made by the highest A P. Aist in Ohio, and for tho past two months has caused much discus sion in the west. The comments of tho leading newspapers of that section have boon very unfavorable to the re ported action of tho governor in join ing an order whose principles are cowardly and antagonistic to the country's constitution, and so severe did the criticisms become that the governor wrote a letter last week to Ibe < 'illhoiic Tones, of Philadelphia, denying that ho is or ever was a member of the A. P. A. Kaiser Wilhelm contemplates the abolition of Sedan day as a national holiday in Germany. It is possible that this latest project of the Kaiser to heal tho wounds of the great France-German conflict may raiso a storm of opposition throughout the German empire. The wisdom of the proposal, however, from the point of view of broad statesmanship is quite evident. An equally appropriate and sigificant national fete day could be substituted by the German people, the celebration of which would not, as does that of Sedan day, necessarily wound the susceptibilities of their western neighbors. Tho establish-1 mcnt of a perfect entento with the j French republic should he considered \ worth the sacrifice which tho German j people would be called upon to make, j —Phila. Record. Tho improvements which have boon j made in the old capitol at Harrisburg, together with tho erection of a new building for the executive depart ments and state library, are most de sirable additions to the structures on I Capitol Hill, according to the Phila- | delphia Press. Most of tho stato do- ; partments have been too long kept in unfit and shabby quarters, but a few months hence there will bo no longer any complaint on that rcoro, while the new hall of the house of represen tatives, besides having greater capa city, will not ho open to the serious j objection of the past that it was health < destroying 011 account of poor ventila tion, or what was practically no ven- j tilation at all. It was much better j for tho state to make these improve, j monts as it has than to enter tho ox -! pensive and almost endless job of con- ! utructing a new capitol. See McDonald's 7oc lace curtains. I The ticket placed in the field by the Democrats of Luzerne county 011 Tues day afternoon has not been received by the voters of the party with the favor its makers thought it would. It is a re cognized fact that tho Democrats of buzerne now have before them ttie greatest battle in the party's history, and to win next fall the ticket should have been selected with more regard to tho different elements of the party and more attention paid to the location and fitness of the candidates. Those who had complete control of the delegates had not the courage to throw over tho man whose presence on the ticket is enough to insure its defeat. Instead, they coerced delegates into supporting him and giving him a nomination, and then tried to keep off of the ticket the only representative of the laboring men that asked for office. For their coward ice a part of their plan was thwarted, and the result is that dissatisfaction exists more or less in every part of the county. The renomination of Judge Klione will keep within the ranks those who desire that the judiciary should he free from political influence ami political trickery, lie is the peer of his oppon ent on the Republican side in ability and commands the respect of every per son who had dealings with him in his twenty years of service on the bench. Peter A. O'Boyle deserved the recog nition he has obtained at the hands of the Democrats. His nomination by ac clamation as the candidate for district attorney was only a proper appreciation of the valiant work this man has done for the party. In electing him the citi zens of the county will honor them selves by placing in an important office a gentleman who posseses the qualifica tions to fill it with credit. Through ill advice, however, Mr. O'Boyle made a mistake which may cost him many votes. In forcing upon the convention the renomination of the present congressman, Mr. ltiues, he interfered in a matter which should have been left to the free will of the delegates. Only through the pressure brought to bear upon O'Boyle's delegates was the nomination of Ilines made possible. The fact that forty votes were cast against Ilines, without solicitation and without promise, is sufficient to show what the delegates' opinions were of the man. To say the least, it was a small and contemptible trick on the part of O'Boyle's managers to bind his delegates to support three men when they had been elected for only one. Ilines' nomination wHI act as a mill stone to the ticket, and nothing hut un ceasing work by the other candidates can prevent them from going down to defeat with him. Hines' course in cm gress is rebuked in the resolutions by the silence with which Iris record is treated, and the nominee will receive a more forcible rebuke from the voters 011 election day. In naming Jacob Schappert for pro thonotary tho delegates strengthened the ticket somewhat in the third district and also among the voters of Mr. Schappert's nationality. Some were of the opinion that the present incumbent of the office, Mr. Weigand, would bo of more benefit to the ticket, but as that gentleman made no effort to secure the nomination, the nominee selected was the next best one to choose. Ilis record as a Democrat and party worker entitles him to the support of all. In choosing John 11. Rice as the standard-bearer for clerk of courts the Democratic delegates disobeyed the in structions of self-constituted bosses, but the wisdom of the choice w ill be seen 011 election day. Mr. Rice is recognized throughout the county as a true represen tative of the workingmen, and his co workers on railroads, in shops or about the mines should not allow to pass this opportunity to elevate from their ranks one of whom they can he proud. But his friends must watch his interests care fully and bo on their guard against the trickery and jealous scheming of Hines, who will sacrifice Rice if given a chance. Individually, the candidates are strong, each having personal friends who will work heart and soul for the one they want elected. As a whole, the ticket is weak, inasmuch as it does not proportionately represent tho elements that comprise Luzerne Democracy, and the sections where the battle will rage tho fiercest were ignored in its makeup. STUART B. REED, of Harrison county, \\. Va., was Introduced to the repub lican league convention at Fairmount, IV. \ a., the other day, as the oldest re publican in the United Stutes. Jle is one hundred and three years old and Is still in good health. A MEMPHIS (Tenn.) colored nuin thought ho had a right to practice medicine because he had been tho body-servant of a physician. lie tried liis skill on a woman of his own raco, giving her an opiate from which sho never recovered. His skill was not tried in vain, so to speak. CHICAGO'S common council has earned commendation by passing a law against selling cigarettes to minors over the maj or's veto. The Massachu setts legislature has under considera tion a bill to the same effect. A mix making Labor day a national holiday has been passed by congress and signed by thg president. I HISTORICAL ELOOD RAINS. TOUUNAY, Belgium, had a red rain in 4038. IN 1050 there was a great fall of red | snow throughout Armenia. IN 1842 there were two red rains in | the United (States, one in Massaehu- I setts and the other in Tennessee. ( I IN the j'ear 020 red sand, mingled 1 with water of the same color, fell for a space of twenty minutes at Bagdad. ON January 0,1043, red rains were re -1 ported from two different places, 1 Voeliigen and Weinsberg, both in • Wurtemberg. i ON November 5 and 0, 472, A. D., a shower of soot or black dust "miitgjed , with drops red us blood" fell at Con ' j stantinople. j ON December 24, 150, nt Lillebonne, ' I France, a meteor fell, followed by a 1 red rain. Something similar occurred in Syria in the j'ear 1018. IN 1210 or 1222 (there is some uncer taintj' in regard to the dates) red rain and sand fell In Bohemia, "In such a manner as to coagulate like blood." AT Brixen, Austrian Tj'rol, in the year 809 (month and daj' not given), 1 red rain fell for three hours "until the streets looked like the floor of a slaugh ter-house," On November 0, A. D., 1548, a fall of fire "fell with a groat noise in Thurin gia, followed by a smart shower of red dish substance, much resembling thick blood, and which remained on tho ground several days before turning black; a great pestilence followed." ODDS AND ENDS. PARAGUAY is governed under a con stitution which is strikingly similar to that of the United States. AN object which weighs one thousand pounds at the sea level would weigh two pounds less on a mountain four miles high. In Europe during the early years of the middle ages no woman was allowed to appear in church unless her face was covered with a veil. IT is about thirty miles across town in London, and for that entire distance there is said to be an unbroken line of residences and stores. THE largest mammoth found in Si beria measured seventeen feet long and ten feet in height. The tusks weighed eight hundred und sixty pounds. VENUS and the moon are exactly alike in one respect a least, each ro revolving on its axis in the same space of time taken to complete Its orbiL THE expressions "Hallelujah" and "Amen" are said to have been intro duced into Christian worship by St. Jerome some time about the year A. 1 D. 39a JUNE was named in honor of Juno, a Roman divinity, who was worshiped as Queen of the Heavens. It is called the "month of marriages and of suicides." QUITO, Ecuador, is the only cltj' in the world in which the sun rises and sets at six o'clock the j'ear round. The reason of this is that it is situated ex actly on the equator. YOU OUGHT TO KNOW. THAT a few drops of salad oil on tar stains will lfcmove them. THAT hot loaves should never bo left on a table to absorb the odor of tho wood. TnAr to whip cream successfully it should first be thoroughlj' chilled, then whipped in a cool r<x>m before sweet ening it. ■ THAT molcjs should lie rinsed In cold water before using, and to remove ' creams and jellies easily they should ' be dipped in hot water for a few min i utea I TIIAT j'our shoes will last longer if i j'.ou keep them well oiled in damp weather and when thoy become wet , through let them dry slowly or thej' i will shrink and warp. TIIAT you inaj' keep stovepipe from rusting when put away in summer by brushing it over with a mixture com > posed of equal quantities of linseed oil I and kerosene well shaken together. TIIAT you can make good sticky flj'- . paper by heating together three and a I half ounces of raw linseed oil, one pound of resin and three and a half ounces of molasses. Spread It on paper while j'et i warm.—Orange Judd Farmer. L IN EUROPE. : AUSTRIAN law permits hoj's and girls , to marry at the age of fourteen. LIFE savers on the French coast are ) hereafter to be aided by trained dogs, i THE German parliament house was . built with the money extorted from , j France after the war of 1871. I FEMALE employes In inanj' of tho German factories are not permitted to j wear corsets during working hours. TIIE healthiest children in tho world 1 dwell In the Scottish highlands. They . I seldom wear shoes before they are twclvo years old. IN tests last j'ear in the German town of Dessau, it was shown that cooking by wood and coal costs a little more than twice that done with gas. PARISIAN restaurant keepers mix A little honey with their butter. This gives it an agreeable taste and flavor 1 and makes inferior butter more palata ble. THE SOLAR SYSTEM. TIIE flattening of tho poles of Jupiter can bo seen through the telescope. BAILEY, the astronomer, calculates the earth as weighing (1,049,830,(XK),000,- j 000 tons. SUN spots were first observed in 1011, and were then noted by several as j tronomers at about tho same time. AN aurora seen from Toronto last | j'ear has been calculated to bo 100 miles high and 2,300 miles from end to end. ! IT would require eight hundrod thousand full moons to produco a day as brilliant as one of cloudless sun j shine. THE sun and the whole solar system j is moving through space toward a | poiut in the constellation Hercules, I having a right ascension of about 209 degrees, and a north declination ot about 35 degrees. CONDENB * TIONB. Ocean Grove, N. J., Aug. 24.—Over 10,000 people attended the camp-meet ing services at the Ocean Grove audi torium last night. Rev. J. W. Marshall, of Camden, spoke. Susquehanna, PA., Aug. 23.—While suffering from temporary aberration of mind, John Dix, a prominent resident of East New Milford, committed sul sldo by cutting his throat. Wolcott N. Y., Aug. 23. —In a raid of temperance crusaders here yesterday on a elder mill they blew up the struct ure with dynamite. The proprietor had a narrow escape from death. Rome, Aug. 24.—The Moniteur de Rome says that the congregation of the propaganda will lose 40,000 lire annual ly by the new tax on government bonds. It urges the government to spare the congregation's possessions such violent fluctuations. Boston, Aug. 25. —At a meeting of the populist state committee Henry R. Le gate read a letter resigning the posi tion of chulrman and state organizer, declining to serve any longer. Mr. Legato also declined to accept the nomination for congress in the Tenth district. London, Aug. 25.—Paddy Slavln has issued a challenge to Jim Oorbett and Peter Jackson, or to the winner of the fight between them, should one occur, to meet him for 13,000 a side and the largest purse offered, in America or England. He will deposit £I,OOO with the Sporting Life on August 28. London, Aug. 23.—The Dully Chroni cle's Rome correspondent says: "The pope has sent a letter to the Italian bishops requesting them to Instruct the clergy to refrain from secular sub jects in their sermons. The occasion for the letter arose from the preaching of political reforms by some priests. Chicago, Aug. 23.—Budd Doble, the horseman, has just been made defend ant in a SIO,OOO damage suit filed In the superior court by S. A. Brown & Co. The plaintiffs charge that Doble did not give their horse, Belle Vera, an op portunity to test her speed in various races, thereby incurring loss to them. New York, Aug. 24.—The three flags from the 111-fated K oar surge, which Captain Malcolm, of the schooner Re lief, brought into port on Wednesday, floated gayly from the mastheads of the schooner at sunrise yesterday. Cap tain Malcolm said that he did not know what disposition ho would make of the relics. Washington, Aug. 24.—Superintendent Stump, yf the bureau of Immigration, treasury' department, has advised all commissioners of immigration on the Atlantic seaboard to watch out for the arrival <>t' a criminal from Denmark by the name of Van Wuerle of Vorle, who, it is said, has started for the United States. Hartford, Conn., Aug. 24.—The state board of education has appointed Professor White, of the Norwich Free academy, principal of the state nor mal school at New Britain. Mr. White Is professor of natural science and political economy at the Free academy. He will begin his duties at New Britain September 1. Albany, Aug. 23. —James C. Mat thews, president of the New York state Cleveland league, an organiza tion of colored voters, has issued a call for the executive committee of the league to meet in conference In this city Tuesday, September 4. next, at 10 a. m. Each senatorial district is en titled to one representative in the committee. Holyoke, Mass., Aug. 24.—The Pur cell Envelope company, which has the contract for supplying the United States government with $3,000,000 worth of stamped envelopes, is soon to move here from Albany. The company is to produce 2,000,000 envelopes per day, and will employ over 800 people. It will also tend to increase the business of the paper mills here. Washington, Aug. 24.—An official statement prepared at the bureau of statistics, treasury department, places the amount fo wool in bonded ware houses on July 31, 1894, subject to free entry when the tariff bill becomes r law, ut 63,799,321 pounds, of the value of $7,516,672. To bring this wool in free will necessitate its export and re-im portation under the law. Davenport, la., Aug. 25.—The Ladles' Aid society, Sons of Veterans, hue elected the following national officers: President, Miss Madge Hewey, Illinois; vice-president, Miss Pearl Wills, In diana; treasurer, Mrs. Ella Jones Pennsylvania; Chaplain, Mrs. A. P Davis, Pennsylvania; chief of staff Mrs. John Morgan, New York; Inspect ing officer, Miss Kate Paynes, Ohio. Washington, Aug. 24.—The twenty fourth payment for the construction of the armored battleship Oregon was made by the navy department yester day to the Union Iron works, of Sen Francisco. The payments on this ves sel are in thirty equal instalments, of which three are reserved until after her final acceptance by the govern ment. This indicates the near approach to the completion of the Oregon. Sandy Hook, N. Y., Aug. 25. —Five 15-inch projectiles, each containing 306 pounds of nitro-glycerine, and one con taining 200 pounds, were fired at the fourth day's test. The explosions were perfect, three exploding when striking the water, causing a thunder-like noise and emitting sheets of flame. No fire was visible from those exploding under the water, but the usual rising up of the water caused by the force of the explosion was perceptible. Washington, Aug. 24.—Lieutenant Commander A. K. Couden, who for the past three years has been recognized as one of the leading ordnance experts of the navy, will be detached from duty at the navy department and ordered to comand the Plnta. Commander Cou den takes this duty, which is generally considered undesirable, because it is necessary that he should have a tour of sea service, and no other command ing duty is at present available. Topeka, Kas., Aug. 25.—The general grand chapter Royal Arch Masccis of the United States of America held its concluding session of the triennial con clave lust evening and elected the fol lowing officers: George McCahan, of Maryland, G. G. H. P.; Reuben C. Lcmmoii, Ohio, L. G. G. H. I'.; James W. Taylor, Georgia, G. G. K.; Arthur G. Pollard, Massachusetts, G. G. S.; Daniel Striker, Michigan, G. G. treas urer; Christopher G. Fox, New York, G. G. secretary; Joseph E. Dyer, Illi nois, O. G. C. H.; William C. Sawain. Wisconsin, G. G. P. S.; Nathan Kings ley, Minnesota, G. G. R. A. C.; Bernard C. Witt, Kentucky. G. G. M. Third Vail company; George E. Corson, D. C. G. U. M, Second VoiL NKW YORK M A RKI3TB. GRAlN—Wheat is a little more ac tive than last week with prices a tri fle lower. Cash quotations ranged from 58 to 50 cents.—Corn moderately ac tive at 62 to 63.—Oats fairly active, quotations ranging from 33 to 31 cents BUTTER—SIow trade; hold firmly; receipts moderate; Western creamery, fancy, 24 , 2 c; do, poor to prime, 15@23; Pennsylvania, do 18<??)24Vfcc; do, state creamery, new, 18<0>24%; state dairy, half tubs, best, now, 22% c; do, poor to prime, 14@21c; imitation creamery, 15® 18c; western dairy, 18V6<3>16c; western factory, 13($15V&c. CHEESE held higher; demand mod erate; state, full cream, large, 8® 10c; skims, 3%@7c; full skims, 2Vifa3c. EGGS—Heavy receipts; light inqui ry; stady; state and Pennsylvana, 18c; western, 16(Q/17c; do, ice-house, 15@16e; do, per case, $2<3>53.50. FRUITS—FRESH—AppIes, red vari eties, per bl, 1 50&>$2 50; do green, 1 50tp $2; do open heads, slt?isl 50. Pears Bartlett, per bbl, $1 75FJ $2 75; do Clapp's favorite, s2@s2 50; do other kinds, sl@s2 Plums, per basket, 20<3> 40c; do per bbl,s2@s4. Peacht s, fant j . P i basket, $1 25(h $1 f,o; do fair to good, 75c<@)$l; do culls, 25tTj50c. Grapes, up river Delaware, per 1b,12@15c; do Niag ara, 10@12c; do Worden's and Moore's early, do champion, 1%<??2 , 4"; do Southern, as to kind, per basket, 20fffl0c. Huckleberries, per mtart, s<?p 6c. Muskmelons, per bbl, sl@s2 GO. Watermelons, per 100, $5(9)515. HAY AND STRAW—Hny, prime, per 100 lb, do No. 3 to No. 1, 55@75e; do shipping, 50c; do trash, 20tfp 30c; do clover mixed, 50(?ij>60c. Rye straw, long, 50£//Gsc; do short, 40®45c; oat straw. 40c. POTATOES AND VEGETABLES— Potatoes, Long Island, per bbl, $! 75®2; do Jersey, $1 50® $1 75; sweet potatoes, s2®s2 25; cauliflowers, s3&sl; onions, white, s3®s4 50; do yellow, $1 50@$2; do Eastern, red, $1 50® $2; do state, red. sl@sl 25; peppers, 60®75c; squash, 75c®$l; turnips, 75c; cabbages, per 100, ss®)sß; okra, 6®>loc; celery, flat bunches per dozen, $1 50®$1 75; do single stalks, per dozen, 10®60c; eggplants, per bbl, SI 50<§)175; green corn, per 100, 75c® $1 75; tomatoes, per bush, 20®)40c; lima beans, per bag, sl®s2; string beans, $1 50®$1 75; green peas, sl®>s2 25. K. OF I*. E.Ni A M I'M EXT. Opening Reception at Washington Held liust Night. Washington. Aug. 28.—Last night was to witness the formal opening of the Knights of Pythias en -ainprnent by a reception at Convention hall, at which the vice-president was to be the central figure, but the death of Congressman Shaw, of Wisconsin, a past supreme chancellor of the order, at bis home In Eau Claire, caused a change in the programme. A meeting of the supreme council was held to take action on Mr. Shaw's death, and It was decided that the reception should not be Xeld, us a mark of es teem to his memory. A meeting of the commanders of the various state brigades has been called to lake suitable action. Affairs were very quiet at the mon ument grounds camp during the day. Thousands of persons visited the scene and a large number of these made the trip to the top of the Washington obelisk. After once declaring off the recep tion at Convention hall on account of Congressman Shaw, the supreme lodge amended its decision by agreeing that the reception might be held without the sanction of the supreme officers. The reception was therefore held and a very brilliant affair it proved to be. Addresses of welcome were made by Vice-President Stevenson and Presi dent Itose, of the board of district commissioners. Mr. Stevenson's spech was the event of the evening, although it wus very brief. THEIR TERMS EXPIRE, Senators Whose Successors Are To lie Elocted This Year. Washington, Aug. 28.—The terms of the following United States sena tors expire March 3 next, and the leg islatures which choose their successors are to be elected this fall): Democrats —James H. Berry. Arkan sas; Matthew C. Butler, South Caroli na; Donelson Caffery, Louisiana; Johnson N. Camden, West Virginia; Richard Coke, Texas; Isham O. Harris, Tennessee; Willim Lindscy, Kentucky; John Martin, Kansas; John R. Me- Pherson, New Jersey; Matt W. Ran som, North Carolina, and Patrick Walsh. Georgia. Republicans—Joseph M. Carey, Wyo ming; William B. Chandler, New Hampshire; Shelby M. Cullom, Illinois; William P. Frye, Maine; Anthony Hlg glns, Delaware; George F. Hoar, Mass achusetts; Charles F. Manderson, Ne braska; James McMillan, Michigan; R. F. l'ettlgrew, South Dakota; Thomas C. Power, Montana; George C. Shoup, Idaho; William D. Washburn, Minne sota, and Edward O. Wolcott, Colo rado. NEW WHISKEY TAX Internal Revenue Col lectors Notified by Telegraph of t lie Advance. Washington, Aug. 28.—The following telegram was sent to collectors of in ternal revenue at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon: "After to-day collect tax on spirits at one dollar and ton cents per gal lon and proportionate rates on all frac tions of one-tenth or more. Notify all stamp deputies. JOS. S. MILLER. Commissioner. Benefit Game for Charlie Hen net t. Boston, Aug. 28. —Tin-Boston baseball club, with Champion Jam< s J. Corbett occupying the left field, played with a picked nine yesterday afternoon a benefit game for ex-catcher Charlie Bennett, who lost his logs on the rail road recently. About $6,000 was netted for the unfortunate man. Reward for u Murderer. Washington, Aug. 28. —Secretary Carlllse has offered S2OO reward for the supposed Illicit distiller, or distillers, In Stokes county, North Carolina, who shot \7. C. Lewis, a United States raid er, on August 8, while endeavoring to capture moonshiners. I'orest Fire in Massachusetts. Wlnsted, Conn., Aug. 28. —A fierce forest lire has ben raging in the moun tains near New Boston, Mass., since Saturday, and a large tract of land has ben burned over,destroying crop% Formers are lighting the b'uze. 11 COLONEL HARD HIT Fublicly Denounced by His Former Sister-in-Law. TVl.fc.-a May Dosha in an Open Ijottor i Appeals lo tlio Voters of Kentucky lo Defeat IS rock in rid go, Restore t ho Lleputatlon of the State and Do Honor to the Memory of ller De parted Sister. Louisville, Aug. 28.—Miss Mary Do ; shaw, of Washington, sister of Col. W. C. P. Breckinridge's second wife, has issued an appeal, addressed "To 1 the men and women of the Blue i Grass." urging the defeat of Col. • Breckinridge. It is in part us follows: "I have hesitated for many days before writing this letter, because I know the prejudices of Kentucky men and their opinion that if a woman lifts her voice against 'the estab lished order of iniquity' she is out of her sphere. But the occasion is so grave that I venture, even at the risk of shocking my friends, to tell you some truths which it is necessary for you to know, knowing well you will never hear them from Kentucky men who have been in Washington. They are bound to keep silence, either from the feeling of loyalty which is stronger in man than in woman, or from 'a fellow feeling that makes them won drous kind." That Col Breckinridge will be re turned to congress has never for one moment entered my mind. The very thought of it is an insult to the state whose boast has been that her 'men were brave and her women virtuous.' "I am not troubled about his re-elec tion, but I am afraid that the poli ticians will snd some onelike him. If they suceed In renominating him or some other Immoral man, will the reputable portion of the community unite on n man, regardless of politics, who can lift the soiled banner of the Ashland district, cleanse Its stains by a pure life and bear it with such honor that we, who live in Washington, and have been deeply humiliated, may egain be able to say, with uplifted heads: 'We are Kentucklans!' "The plain truth is that of all im moral delegations in congress, that of Kentucky has the reputation of being the worst. With the Taulbee and Breckinridge scandals and the low ob scenety of Thompson, you will not wonder at It. "To the women of the Blue Grass I give my grateful thanks that they have remembered my Bister—her faith ful, beautiful life —and have showed by every means In their power their appreciation of It, and their detesta tion of the man who dishonored her while living, who has desecrated her memory and disgraced her children. "To the Confederate veterans, I would say—living she never forgot you. In persecution, in trial, in exile her own people were always remem bered. You passed resolutions of re spect when she died and followed her to the grave with almost the honors given to a soldier—show that your pro testations were sincere by retiring to private life the man who has commit ted the unpardonable sin against her, and by sending to congress a respecta ble, reputable man, to lift Kentucky, the state she loved so well, back to its proud place among Its sister states. "With pride in Kentucky's past, with shaine and confusion that even one man is left within her borders who Is wiling to se her humiliated, with an abiding trust In the final triumph of law and order, decency and morality in her midst, I am, MARY DESHA, A citizen of the Ashland district, of Kentucky. The letter caused much excitement here. It is the talk of the town, re calling to mind as it does the memory of the woman who founded the Ken tucky Woman's Veteran association. Col. Breckinridge spoke at Ather, this county, yesterday. His address was devoted principally to evening up scores with ex-Controler of the Treas ury Milton J. Durham, Judge Jere Morton and Judge Klnkaid, who have recently hen making such hot speeches against him. The colonel thought something was wrong politically or personally with each of his assailants, and the crowd went wild with enthusiasm. ODDS AGAINST BRECKINRIDGE. Thousands of Dollars Wagered on the Congressional Fight. Lexington, Ky., Aug. 28.—As the time draws near for the congressional primary to be held, the betting men are getting their money together, and to Judge from present indications there will be more money wagered on the result of this contest than was ever laid on an annual election in Kentucky. Col. R. P. Pepper, of Frankfort, has already wagered $21,000 on Owens. He is now betting SI,OOO to SBOO on o#ens, and wants all the takers he can get. Col. E. F. Clay, proprietor of the fa mous Runymede farm, Is said to have wagered some big amounts on V)wens. W. 11. Laudeman, the well-known bookmaker, and D. F. Frazer, one of the owners of the Phoenix hotel, are taking all the bets they can get. It Is stated that lilley Grannon will send as much as $40,000 here to bet on Owens. The only Breckinridge plunger so far developed Is C. K. Oldham, the real estate broker. He has laid be tween SSOO and SI,OOO on the colonel, and he says he will bet more. Itnnca Hmitaiia'f* History. 'oStiOLunj, JoiUJjs— *BZ \Bnv 'atuon ex-governor of the Banca Romana, is about to publish a pamphlet concern ing the bank's eventful history. He will make a detailed defense of his administration of the bank's affairs. Iron Works Start Up. Bellefonte, Pa., Aug. 28.—Valentine Iron company's furnaces were fired up yesterday after an idleness since the coke strike. The employees will prob ably be kept busy all winter. For a Six Weeks Trip Abroad. Washington, Aug. 28.—Superinten dent Stump, of the bureau of immigra tion, has gone to New York, whore he will take the steamer to-monow for a six weeks trip to Europe. mk. This matter is arranged in ( this style for the sole * purpose of attract ing your attention, and, as an illustra tion, to *; convince you of the fact that advertise ments are read. This is an * ad. If it was yours it would he read, with the same care k t that you read this, by four thousand people semi weekly. Then if r* i it contain ed your superior offerings to pur chasers you SCO how it would py you. Catch the fall trade through an a<l here.
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