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GEAND RAPIDS, MICH., SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 22, 1884.
PRICE 2 CEKT3
A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
THE EXPLOSION OF A CANNON.
One Young Man Killed and Several
Others Terribl MutiHated- The
Result of Foolishness.
HxiJMt'i Valley, N. Y.t Nov. '.'1. A pe
irly h.ui accident occurred here hit ni'ht
by wliich .-vcrd youn; men were aeriou'sly
iniiirr-it ;ind one died. .The accident was nil
-:he oiitiuine cf an attempt to celebnde. an
ieent rrmee which hu bven th Mibject of a
r .it dt iil of Some day u;,o a dU-
turha:;c uioe U twrni two families living
clo-e toother. The hushaud.s and wive of
h;th f.unili. separated on Friday but after
a i'.iarrt-l but made up and matter went on
m before. A few younj; men got
together and choe Saturday even
in.; to wive the parties a salute,
tired a fiiiinou four time and the affair wan
adjourned till l.ttt ni.ht. Then they met
a;;ni and threo olle were tired. They
were rr-lo tdtn' for the fourth fhot when
thu j-owdtr in ttn cannon became ignited.
A terrirk' explosion followed, and when the
f-innkt? cleared away a idckenini nijiht wiwt
rtvrnlr-d. KlUworth Kirk, who had leen
oLindin. tho wadding, lay with hi eve
blown ut and the blood oozing from hi-
face. He wiw alive bnt insensible. Short
ly afterward he died. The others
Pilfered the Iom of eyes and
finder. The htifferer were conveyed to their
home- and medical aid summoned. The list
of the injurt-d U an follows: Fred Kirk,
brother of Kll'worth, bailly burned alout
the hnnd.: Geor.; lies. lo-d both eye;
Henry Kvlin, badly burned about the head
and body and le burned to a crip; Sum
ner Uo-ebrook.-. lost en eye and a tinker: Al.
Winters and Elijah Uontron, burned about
th face and neck. It was the saddest acci
dent which ever occurred in this vicinity.
IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS.
A Report That There is a Witness
Who Knows the Crouch Murderer.
Special DUpntch to Tue Teleouam.
Jacvsom, Nov. 21. Juror Terry, in the
Crouch trial, is jdill indipoied, and the
cte was adjourned aiin from to-day
until Monday. A rumor prevails to-day of
imp-ortant. disclosures regarding the Crouch
murder. The rumor is that a man in the
northern part of the State ww at the Crouch
house on that terrible nigld a year ago, and
-aw three men inter the house. He escaped
and knows the perpetrators?. Detective Har
ris, of the Pinkerton force, took the case in
hand to-day, and will sift it to the bottom.
Foul Air and Fatal Fever.
Lfiykswolth, Kan., Nov. 21. An un
known but tatal fever is raging in one of the
wards in the Kansas State Penitentiary.
Sixty convicts were attacked in one day and
ten have died. The disease begins like typhoid-malarial
fever.which lasts twenty four
hours and then cools off. The legs and arms
of the patient then break out in sores and
the victim die in a few hours. Dr. Neely
anil th convict physician are doing all they
mm Warden Jones has had other parts of
the prion nuarantined. There arc b70 con
victs confined there. It is thought the dis-ea-e
is caused by foul air.
The Fawcett Banking.
I .os don, Ont., Nov. 21. At a largely at
tended meeting of creditor of the defunct
Fawcett Hanking Company, held at Watford
yesterday afternoon, Mr. Fawcett presented
a long lit of losses he sustained through
various parties, aggregating $l4.r,297. He
had a statement showing his total assets
Oct. b".. 1M, as $2'.7.22S.(XS: liabilities, $210.
27'..!2 (of which I'V-TlMy is due deposi
tors ); surplus of assets, $30,11. HI. Of the
assets only :j,i.m) is cash on hand, the re
mainder being mortgages, accounts, real
estate, timber limit, and office furniture.
Claims Against Garfield's Estate.
ItosTov, Nov. 21. A Washington special to
tho vortl says: "Mr. Hose, a clerk in the
Treasury Department, acted for a year aa
private s eretary for General Garfield. His
services wer never paid for. After a long
rorr -p'omlfure h has placed his claim for
:l;'.,oin in General Ilutler'a hands for collec
tion. Mrs. Garfield offered him but
lie insists upon having the whole amount
j aid. It is hoped some settlement may be
made without bringing the matter into
court."
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The Conference.
ibai.is. Nov. 21. Th West African Con
foreucv tit-day concluded taking evidence
froa: technical adviser ns to the character
of th Congo Ilasiu. A resolution wa then
adopted favoring the free navigation of the
t,'oag Fst twry.
Germany supports the pretensions of Eng
land m regard to th Nigvr, but stipulates
for an inreasrd protection of German
tradi-rs in that re'n-n. It is understood that
the American dtleg ites also side with Eng
land. trom the Pacific Coast.
lV:rrt.sr. Nov. 21. Emigration to Ore
gan i- inr".sir Gver eight hnndreil have
arrived sino th.e first of November at Iort
1 an 1. Thy :tr n spkI class of eople and
riant' to make Oregon their permanent home.
Th viathor is mild arul ross; are till
blooraing.
roti suits are rl. liming the delegateship
fro?i Washington Territory and the Demo
crats are crjmg fraud. An ofVicial count
w;ll ! r'inirrd to tt!e the matter.
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The Swjum Case.
Ww?;ixiri, Nov. 21. The entire diyM
roTHMrnKl iu tlu S.ta:m nmrt-marti il by
arg!Mont on drrturr r. All Tding 'pi1
ti.ins sfr di'jx! by the tim of b
j-'irMnir. I'hA Jndg Advoeii' gir
n --v.- th-it h wojM prent udditiovi
rU r,i to- irorro-v sgiinsj (n. S-viTn.
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Hivr'Tnirt, Miss., Nov. ;Ji.Th hf-or
tr"?b? if f. H-tI .fr Co' f-irory
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THE PLENARY COUNCIL.
The Discussions Yesterday-The Cred
itors' Petition Received.
lULTiiioBit, Md., Nov. 21. Tle daily k
iioni of the Plenary Council were retained
at the Seminary thia morning. A special
session of theologians and blshor was held
thid ufteruoou at the (Cathedral to finish up
the work of the week preparatory to the
reading on Sunday of the decreed formulated
during the week. A circular letter has been
received by memlers of the Council from
the association of the creditors of the late
Archbishop lnrcell, of Cincinnati, appeal
ing to the Council for its, offices in liquida
tion of the claims. A prominent theologian
aid this evening he did not think the Coun
cil would bike any action in the matter,
a the subject, beiug local, did not come
within the scope of the discussions of the
Inxly. It is thoroughly understood, indeed
it lias been intimated by several prominent
members of the Council, that the Council
experienced considerable difficulty in ar
ranging sections of the canou laws so that
they might harmonize with civil laws gov
erning certain States. In considering this
important subject the Council proceeded
with the utmost care, and it was only after
mot profound deliberation that it was de
cided that the Catholic Church in the United
State be ruled by the canon law. The regu
lar evening services were held at the cathed
ral this evening. Right Hev. Wei. H. Gross,
D. I)., Bishop of Savannah, preached on
"Missions for the Coiored People."
HATTON TcTmEDI LL.
A Letter in Which the Postmaster
General Explains.
Washington, Nov. 2). Postmaster-General
Hatton to-day addressed a letter to
Joseph Madill, editor of the Chicago Tribune,
replying to a statement originating with
Clarkson, of the Republican National Com
mittee, recently published in the Tribune, in
which Clarkson after giving many reasons
why Blaine was defeated, said: ''The order
of Postmaster-General Hatton requiring
the New York postoffice, with its thousands
of clerks and carriers be kept open, pre
vented enough Republicans from voting to
havo overcome what is now claimed as a
Cleveland plurality." In his letter Hatton
says no kucIi order as that referred to by
Clarkson was issued by him: that he was in
Burlington, Iowa, at the time; that in reply
to a telegram on the subject he informed
Elkins that there was no law making election-day
a holiday, but that the postmaster
of New York, if he desired, could certainly
manage to allow the employes in his office to
vote without seriously interfering with the
delivery of the mails, and that General Ha
zen, who was acting postmaster at the time,
telegraphed Postmaster- Pearson that the
employes should have full opportunity to ex
ercise tho right of suffrage.
The Court of Queen's Bench.
London, Nov. 21. The suit of Adams
against Coleridge was commenced to-day in
the Court of Queen's Bench. The plaintiff
claims $jO,000 damages for accusations af
fecting his moral character made by the de
fendant in a letter to his sister, Miss Mildred
Mary Coleridge, to whom the plaintiff was
until recently engaged to be married. Several
domestic scandals will, it is said, be un
earthed during the progress of the trial. A
number of prominent men and women of
high rank have been subpenaed as witnesses
to prove the charges made by Mr. Coleridge,
and it is expected that his father, Lord-Chief
Justice Coleridge, and his sister will also go
on the witness stand.
At a late hour this afternoon the case was
adjourned, no decision having been reached.
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A Careless Thief.
Newark, N.J., Nov.21. General Williams,
of Morristown, N. J., had a coat stolen
while he took dinner in the Park Hotel to
day. Tho coat contained a negotiable bond
for $1,000. Detectives were placed on the
case, and the coat found in a pawn-broker's
shop with the bond in tho iocket, it having
been overlooked by the thief.
Drowned in a Swill-Barrel.
Special Dixtch to Tint Tr LEO RAM.
Alleoan, Nov. 21. An eighteen-months-old
child of Henry Pierce, of Monterey, in
this county, fell into a swill-barrel this after
noon and was drowned.
Appeals Dismissed.
WAsniNOTON, Nov. 21. In view of the
recent decision of the Supreme Court to the
effect that appeal could not be taken from
the Commissioner of Patents to the Secre
tary of the Interior, Secretary Teller has dis
missed all such appeals now pending.
TKLKO R A I II I C It H EVITI ES.
A snowstorm raged all day Thursday at
Quebec, with the thermometer at zero.
The Mayor of Philadelphia recommends
the City Council to permit the famous lib
erty Bell to be exhibited at the New Orleans
show.
Arthur Clark, a sailor, was found dying
Thursday iu a New York boarding-house of
yellow fever. No other iersons in the build
ing were.ill.
Clergymen of various sects held a meeting
Thursday, at New Haven, Conn., and agreed
to hold a congress of American churches in
that city next May.
David Eastman, a farmer at Harlem, III.,
loses hi farm and home, worth $1.fK)0f hav
ing wagered it against thut amount that
Blaine would be elected.
Emma Dickens carved hr husband with ft
larg knife at JoliK, Thursday, inflicting
fatal wound. Dickons was living apart
from th wormn, and hi refusal to trrreae
her monrtary allowance led to the cutting.
Carrig harden? manufacturer repre
senting iMi'V') capital formed a N'Mjonnl
association Thursday, at Mend n. Conn.,
and decided upon pooling condutnti-Ti for I
th restrict m of good pnr? -d upon th
mrkf-L
Twenty-even cs.', of rnll-mt occiffnd
Thursday in thviUftg of Hiofo, Can., nd
bon i Titire'y otnd!d. At cv-rtain
raiW'sr t-stion inferirling trvf br ran not
proonr ticket nnle h?f elan bill
of hnlfh,
Yeterdi n'r (fin Th? strr?
ilijo reported Wlnd-r . prpTsiling in
Vii-ijim. bn tif in Kn'tr nd S et
YKnK, wbre hoi furni brp bn
--pt and thirty 'f mora Pet r"ff
fl(rrin a ?rVd e!?ctjf f. Th p- If
rC, it 'N"lf", f 'r inf f n ?-!!r nn,
jin.-J ih rrJ-s?f nr-W 1 it jVedfnl
tf''s, tkf'", ?f""?v ltng fjfl, t'-'i-t.'n
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A JERSEY SENSATION.
TWO DEMOCRATS AT VARIANCE.
Rich Developments of a Suit Brought
by One Against tho Other
An Afflicted Reporter.
Nkwakk,N.J.,Nov. 21. Matthew C. Eaton,
who claimed tub A nephew of ex-Senator
Eaton, of Connecticut, cau.-ed a henation
here to-day by bringing iit against Wm.
Shurts for a part of the exienes of a trip to
Chicago to attend the National Democratic
Convention. Both are prominent society
men and members of the Je ffersonian Club,
a iolitical organization composed of leading
Democrats of the city, At the trial Shurts
claimed that Eaton hired the Associated
Press reporter to go with him and puff him
in the press. Eaton also induced Shurts to
pass as his private secretary' in order to im
press ex-Senator Eaton of his importance.
When the party reached Chicago ex-Senator
Eaton gave his alleged nephew letters to
prominent men, to deliver in the case that
Cleveland could not be nominated. They
were to "boom" the ex-Senator. Mr. Shurts
declared the ex-Senator always addresed M.
C. Eaton as Mr. Eaton. He also eays
M. C. Eaton tried to pass as an
inlluential politician, and that it cost him
several thousand dollars to do it After the
Chicago convention Eaton proposed a trip
to the Yellowstone Park in Dakota. As a
matter of convenience Eaton suggested to
tho Associated Press reporter that passes
might be secured. The reporter got passes,
and the party went to Yellowstone Park.
On the return Eaton told the reporter to
stay in Chicago, and he would send him
money to return. This he forgot to do. By
a strange circumstance the reporter
happened ' to be in Newark to
day, and Eaton had him arrested
for obtaining money under false pretenses.
The reiorter expostulated but he was held in
bail. The trial will be resumed on Wednes
day next. Eaton is looked upon as an ecce n
tric individual, is about, thirty years of age
and is posseessed of considerable meaus.
Ills main object iu life seems to be to pose
as an influential politician. He calls the
president-elect "Grove," and Hendricks
'Tom." Mr. Shurts is a highly respected
citizen and senior member of tho firm of
VanAlstyne fc Shurts. The newspaper man
seem to be the most unfortunate one of the
lot. His name is Orange Stevens. He is
well known in New York journalistic circles.
MURDEROUS CONSPIRACY.
An Attempt to Kill an Important Wit
ness Against Illegal Voters.
Chicaoo, Nov. 21. The existence of a con
spiracy to kill Orange D. Douglass, a de
tective and deputy United States Marshal,
who is the principal witness against William
J. Clinger, John II. Stearns and Frank A.
Owen, charged with tho illegal registration
of voters, is claimed by United States Attor
ney Tuthill. Douglass was waylaid while
crossing a vacant lot on Center avenue after
dark last night by two masked men and cru
elly beaten. The assault was so snddeu and
the night so dark Douglass caught but a
very imperfect glimpse of the men. After
knocking him down, they beat him terribly
over the head and left him dead. Douglass
remained in the position he was felled until
7 o'clock this morning, when he was discov
ered by passers by. Tuthill is satisfied that
the assault is connected with the case against
the above-named parties, and says this is
the second attempt to murder Douglass, he
having been twice tired at within a week
near the same point. Douglass will recover.
A RECEPTION TO GREELY.
The New York Geographical Society
Entertain the Explorer.
New Yokk, Nov. 21. A reception given to
Lieut Greely by the New York Geographi
cal Society, at Chickering Hall, to-night, was
largely attended. Among the prominent
gentlemen present were Gen. Hazcn, chief
signal officer; Judge Charles P. Daly, presi
dent of the New York Geographical Society;
Chief Engineer Melville and Prof. Theodore
Dwight, and a large number of naval officers
and others who have at different times taken
an active part in Arctic exploring expedi
tions, including several of the Greely party.
Lieut. Greely spoke at length recounting
his experiences in the Arctic region. He
paid a high tribute to tho bravery and fidel
ity of his comrades.
A Business Melody.
There was a man in our town, and he was
wondrous wise, for when ho marked his
prices down he then did advertise.
And when ho saw his trade increase, with
all his might and main he marked still lower
every price, and advertised again.
And when he adverti.-ed again, his, rivals
stamped and tore, to see folks rush with
might and main to patronize his store.
And while they sat in solitude and saw him
custom win, that man behind the counter
stood and raked the s)ieekel in.
And when he raked the sheckel in, and
saw Ids fortune rising, he took a goodly lot
of tin and kept on advertising.
Each day a generous sum he'd sink and
demonstrate full plain tho more one pays for
printer's ink the greater is his gain. A.
A Fearful Scourge.
Ottawa, Ont., Nov. 21. In Tweed village
tho black small-pox i increasing. The
farmers in tho neighUnhood have pur
chased a full supply of provision, built
fences around the house and clcnnl their
door tgainM the neighbor for fear that thv
course- will be carried into their families.
pAtb nt an neglected and b ft to dif without
njtarice. I fh vilhg of llaco binr
i rntirr ly up ndd. The tillAko 1 cut o.T
from th outside world.
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The French Farmery.
rRt. Not. 21. At a mating of Frrrsfh
farmer h?M b-dy, a fr-on!ion.
d"ptel ree"rnnr.ding to the jrovr-tnm"-nt
ft of T frnnr- pr quintal on rr?m or a
lidirg rqlp frnc r a mtjpmm.
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Awilinp, (0 Henry's An or.
Vif. N'nt, -Hntj M. f'nb-f Iv
bn ititjt'-! to Jef-'r" bf:'Ta th V r-a
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CLEVELAND NOTIFIED.
He Returns His Thanks and Receives
Congratulations.
Albam, N. Y., Nov. 21. Cleveland wati
busily engaged to-ilay in executive buiIle
and receiving vi?itois. Sooo after the Board
of Canva-crs adjourned, the Democratic
members, consisting of Comptroller Chapiu,
Attorney General O'Brien, State Treasurer
Maxwell, and State Engineer and Surveyor
Sa'tvt, cvilled at the chamler and formally
notified the Governor of the result of the
l te election in his elevation to the presi
dency. Cleveland thanked the gentlemen
for tho courtesy, and after a few pleasant
rt marl s they retired. Soon after a special
committee of the Cleveland and
Hendricks Insurance Club of New
York, called upon the Governor and
presented him with a set of beautifully en
iro.sed resolutions, expressing tSeir unquali
iied gratification at the election of Cleveland
and Hendricks, conveying congratulations
to the president-elect for the noble record he
had made for honesty, integrity, faithful
nets and reform in the respective offices he
has held.
HANGED TILL DEAD.
A Child-Slayer Suffers the Extreme
Penalty.
St. Locis, Mo., Nov. 21. Oliver H. Bate
man w as hanged at Savannah, Mo., to-day,
for the murder of Austie and Adella Mc
Laughlin, aged respectively nine and seven
years, on Sunday, Aug. 21 last. The girls
visited Bateman's at noon, ate dinner there
and then started forborne. This was the
last seen of them alive. Monday morning
the mutilated bodies of both girls were,
found in a cornfield. The coroner's jury
after several days session, returned
a verdict, "Died by the hands of
parties unknown." Newton Batema and
his brother, Oliver, were suspected of the
crime. Oliver Bateman was arrested Sept.
5 and it was found that the ball taken from
the head of Austie McLaughlin fitted Oliver's
pistol. He afterward made a full confession.
At the trial, Oct. 2, he refused ceunsel to de
fend him, pleaded guilty, and on Oct. 1 was
sentenced to be hanged Nov. 21,
Asking a Grant.
Pabis, Nov. 21. The government has ap
plied to the Chambers for a second grant of
$120,000 to cover expenses arising from the
cholera.
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Cholera Cases.
Pabis, Nov. 21. Fourteen new cases of
cholera were reported from Oran to-day.
ECHOES FRG3I AHHOAD.
Queen Victoria returned to Windsor Cas
tle from Balmoral Thursday in excellent
health.
The German Reichstag was opened Thurs
day with the usual formalities, Tho Emper
or, in the course of his speech, spoke of the
continued accord, between Germany and
France.
In the Coii:o Conference, now in session
at Berlin, John A. Kasson, -the American
Minister to Germany, announced that Henry
M. Stanley, tho African explorer, had been
appointed technical delegate to the confer
ence for America.
A new German translation of the works of
Charles Dickins is being issued by II. Gene
sius of Hallo at 2 marks W) pfennig, or about
C2 cents a, volume. Six volumes have ap
peared, containing " David Coppprfield,
"Oliver Twist," "Bleak House," and "Harte
Zeiten."
A correspondent of ihe Pall Mall Gazette
calls attention to tho alarming mortality
among bishops' wives. It appears that at
present there are six bishops who are widow
ers, five who have been married twice, and
one, the Bishop of Liverpool, who has been
married three times.
Dr. Franz Liszt sends a letter to a German
paper, stating that he is overburdened with
appeals for his autograph and requests to
examine musical compositions and to give
his opinion upon them, and that he now in
forms unsolicited correspondents that their
letters will receive no answer.
In the northea?tern island of Terra del
Fuego the native people, who inter-marry
frequently with the more southern Yahgans
(as they are called by the English mission
aries), are the tallest race on the globe, ac
cording to the report of the French mission
to Cape Horn presented to the academy of
Science, Paris, by Dr. Hahn. In stock and
speech these tall people appear closely re
lated to the Patagouians of tho Continent.
A Minnesota Hen.
ISUPaul Day.
He came into tho office and said he liked
the paper and wanted to help it. He was
a gi anger living about seventeen miles out
on the Manitoba roatL "Ii's one of my
hens I want to tell you about," ho said.
'ItN her intelligence. She. knows more
than a horse. That hen is really religious
and I can prove it, and I will te!l you
how. She's a plain, ordinary, everyday
domlnlck hen, and very regular In her hab
its; but a few week ago she stopped jlay
ing. My wife wa a good deal troubled
about it, thought maybe the domintek
wasn't wrlltor somethingof that sort; but
it turned out it wasn't anything of the
kind. We'd ben talking a good deal
about a Baptist preacher who wa (ping
to make us a vidf, and I suppose the h?n
heard u. Well", the prencher came, anJ
that a't'-rn on my wife heard a great
cackling in the barn, and went out What
d'yoti suppos hf foun 1? Why, that hen
ha Ij 1st laid a d en esrgl Sbe'd been
holding hack, you s?, so that the egg
would all l fresh. She only drv tbi,
though, tor that one preacher. Fh' a
Biptit h-spif, an I it's only whn the
Bp't preac'ier emes that hf.s no
ton;ht "ul. L' th curlonet thing I
pvt er." Anl then the granj-'r wnt
away. H lik a truthful man,
bit wM.t b rlate-l hardly fm pot
tM fi-vh Hut ;y an 1 Ten rti agree
that tho n. n r b n a -v f'rrnlnick her
cm lay la a c d v i ovn.
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FROM FOREIGN LANDS.
THE ENGLISH DEBT FROM MEXICO
Nightly Kiots Over the Debates in the
Chamber The West African
Conference Other Affairs.
Mexico, Nov. 21. The tiibcus.ivju of the
bill converting the English debt hiid cllow
ing a large commission to the managers of
the funding operation, baa caused f uch in
dignation among the people that riots have
been of nightly occurrence.. The drbhtes in
the chamber have lren very exciting.
The Federal troops are in
constant readiness to suppress
disgorders, and this adds to the xopular an
ger. The attitude of Diaz, who i ioou to be
sworn in as President, is eagerly diseased.
A crowd surrounded hi house la&t night and
made sp-eeches urging him to disapprove the
bilb It was afterward learned that he was
not at home. The house yesterday after
noon postponed the bill until after Diaz'
installation, which action was bailed
with tremedous applause by the
crowd in the gallery. Mear
wliile a riot was 111 progress outside the
chamber. The troops charged ujon the ih-o-ple
with swords, striking only with the fiat
sides. A son of President Gonzalez com
manded the cavalry. The contest lastod only
ten minutes, when Gonzales' life fmed in
danger. The guards rnaised and charged
the crowd, dispersing the rioters. It is ex
pected the people will quiet down now.
They seem to have confidence in Diaz.
WOMEN'S WHIMS.
How the Wives of !partment OOclals
Stand in tho Way of Female Employe.
Washington Special.)
'It would never do tor women to control
politics. It would be ou'.rageous," ex
claimed an infuriated lady, In conversa
tion with a correspondent to-day.
Why, have you been crossed iu your
spirationsr"
"No, 1 have not been crossed," replied
the lady, 'but heaven preserve some
others," and she upturned her pretty eyes
in reverence. "But that I am forbid to
tell the secrets of my prison house, I could
a tale unfold whose slightest word, etc.
It is enough for me to say that the hea U
of soni'i of the Government institutions
are tontrolled so completely by their
wives that the latter are indeed the Super
intendents. I have in my mind tho wife of
a man who is at the head of an institu
tion, who is so powerful with the influence
over her husband that he can do nothing
scarcely without consulting her. She is
almost, daily beside him at his desk.
She goes through the place, looks
around the employen, makes in
quiries and knows about as much as
the husband of what Is goinj on. She
keeps the people there on nettles. There
is no lady about the instituiion that feels
secure in her position after the wifejmakes
her tour of inspection. They all fear that
some jealous fancy will lead to dismissal.
What poor woman is there who may not t
wrongfully suspec ed? If the husband
dares make a promotion of a lady, or
grant a la Jy employe a kindness, the rea
son for fcueh promotion or kindness must
be explained to the wife, else her jealousy
grows verdant and a storm brews. Dj
you know what 1 would do, had 1 the
power?"
The correspondent gave it up.
"Well, sir," continued the lady, "1 would
pass a law forbidding the wives of tho
heads of all department bureaus and other
Institutions of the Government vUiting
their husbands during the hours of public
or private business. That U, all such of
ficers whD have ladies under their super
vision. And why would I do it? Because
1 would make it impossible for the whims
or jealousies of a wife to step in between
an employe and justice, and I would make
it possible for the head of such institution
to promote cr favor meritorious lady em
ployes without requiring that head to
make a diagram for the wife each time."
Running Up Stream.
iGs.cna (IIL) Gaictte.
The novel sigtu of the Mississippi flow
ing up stream was witnossed at North
Pepin recently, when the Chippewa
poured such volumes of water into the
lewer end of tho lake tiiat it could not es
cape down stream. A number of illutra
tiva Incidents are noted by the Pepin ,Sf if.
A mall carrier and his companion found it
beyond their power to row a skiff down
the Mississippi to a point opposite the
mouth of the Chippewa. So great wai the
violence with which th roaring torrent
poured out of the latter river agaimt the
Minnesota bluffs above Keis landing
that the water reooilel, bubbling, d ly
ing and divi iing, and even ataying the
current of the great MUsUsippl, which
runs at a velocity of three mdes j-rbourf
and turning it back up stream at the tame
rate- Logs drift-wood and all manner of
debris floated up the Mbsis'ip;! River
into Lake Ppin and to th snores at ihe
village of lVplu, and en atnve the ted,
muddy waters of th CUppwa coubl
be en even to lak City. The sUamer
Pobert Ddd was unable to tow a raft
ot of th mouth of the lakes. Th ateamf r
Pepin encounrel a tout resistance on
Friday to pet by the m?uth of the Chip
p, in psMing t an 1 from Ite l's. An
other steamer, with a raft in t?w, was
wlre hours pushing from Frec -H to
l'tj9 head of Laka Pepin, ths usual tim
bing six birs. Ttis U eailr xplainL
Tb bead r.f lb lai'e is not ajj bib-r
than the Chippewa is at the ferry ero.
ing at lh "Flower PcL" At Pepin tbt
wMr lvd is lower. fYecoU it only
rn fet b;rbf by the railroad par-Tf-y
than tb had cf tb lak a d stanc
of thirty mUe. J rise at that plar
frrm th Cairr'' a'n. it is es irsa'd,
was fcTjrorf.rv This 3r:M tb
mnit! correal, ab- vp Rl W.sj ettd tjt
d -fb11f d I tb?" orify of the
If . prd o!baC.tl by xiiTrial
catjsi,, Tbe tit U atonry at tt
tp cf tb tiZ'K, 14. wblc ij i farh'-d J
ttdsv hTnln;. i fatrcll tte 'ozj
aH-vf t?hq t U V-L I'c-l ft rr-U?crt
'O
A ft f
be Boers.
Lumk., Nov. 1:1. A dipi.n "U frum Capr-
town thnt
CvJmmUr.iciiu r j!utoit, tvi:
ith triKp bi.d sturWd triiui
beuiiug thht Pri
llu gland to fru?t
in llritih ruihurjty over the
1 by the li.Kir, iii.medif.Uiy
territory dputtjd
iioii-tt-d the 4Traa
pvtiU fingovtr !Miiitiva'a
territory, ttnd L
5 promised to bt 1 thr IkUd
cd Gv'htii to t utttiin ij tliiim to the portion
of territory which it bar uiuiritsi. The ad -
lfged (Jor-bt Ii f lt-e-bvttlc Th V tU frCelitly de
ft Uted MoillMuV f jliowert Klid mvupled hi.
country, are sending ibeirwicr ai.d timalies
to the J ransuud. pit-jiuruUir) tv making it
ig)toat debute ag.iant any iliitili firc
tiutt my te M-nt e.g.-un?t them.
TRADt. ANDFINANCE.
Grand Rapids,
TiUXufcAM Ol III x, Nov. l.
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lue kettle.
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MLT HvTcns, Ijwml, $1 rx'ir.aw, $1 10.
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fekmts.irrefu or cun'd, Px;Um'i:iHLiu, j-er piw.
:iK'Soc.
hmjrp PtLT Shtirl;i4f.nr Summtr kii;,ptt
pirxv, 1(J'J", ftJl Iitfc, if iet"; Wu.n-r x5u,
si uvu jr..
Wool Market SO !c lo r Uuu. durarnf the iml
ek, kud priet. o uiM-ttJti t. ot to v hjrtt a
ijuoLition.
iiATSlOjl2;Ubd ill ir t,a shcWe: i
y.v ir e"t.
Sthaw IVr lid, SHiL
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SJHlf, J7.UU pi-r tea.
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lAi-iA.' No. 1. LStt3ic.
THE STOCKS.
New York.
Nsw Vcuk. Not. 21.
In Wull fctitt xuoiif) cbtKil ,t l, jier
r-nt; Hi.chanr! cbii trt: jti1 rut,
i.Kii.'i',, acliul rat 4ll4f'4."14 for CJ duy';
4.iv?f'4ili for di-njaiiX (Ut rnn.rnu cbl
imvulai; cum cry 6 . 12 bid; 4' coujio&a,
122 bid; 114' bid.
I'ai if.c tJlr''ii Yxtud vlu- b. foH: Uuiou
Pu-ifcc rim morui bind-. 1114 loll I5,; 1kj4
grnt bond-, ZlK'i: ikir fend. M bid;
i:itrnl. y to IK.
b;iii in to Lf tj-lj- hn t.ii k liiaitl
-h1 and there r hh bat b;t!i' ii.tent ino d in
thediJi:iT. In tbeily tri. I'.i.g tl-r ws eon-t-iJend.l
prt.ure to il lkn.Vhorv kuJ Nw
York Ciitnd. H e hitti-r vk prn--l fr wje on
Tviort fnm Cliio:,.T i tt e ff t tl.Kt th?r-rJ
luit b-Mi.vl a bir-i,un l-r of thirlj dnj tkk4
for a further rb;ciiojj in e t lnnsnd rntt, und
tbr.t tlto if J)orr, ;n Iein;i;r f bud
icf.l a cirerditr rtouTioi:; ihM. It wotdd 1 4
partici.t? in th j.reirwi mtiriK for tl n
toratinn f :t nii'il ll.ce tfJrrj-lii; ti ket Lu
xpind. Iike hUsrt ua K.I.J iLvm ou the H4ru
rutnor of t;nfoii,bIt dtit'lopir.t'nu xt) to t
madepubiic It v.:. r!;i.! in t!.i ronnrvliori
thht th Mnteuit for t!f j urt r einlii. Spj-teirdx-r
would xri e.x.fiivortibb, f !,owii4i a
lar-e fhlYu.a Ji iu -An.ix.. Ti ilinc of
t!i- frtxki v-fik.Tjfl 1! e hol 1 1t . MiJ iri th
rft ludf hour prif drj t 1 -r vt.t.
The rriKirtf iiJJ ntH m r Tlf-'i, urad the frvlliiij
Kf-.n cvimi. In t) r ivxi hor.rhndabidt to cooii,
the rlivju' bid Tip yvir ef l)t bsOTti, cailiyt
the frhort to tiytei, ictd iri- fuilj nxxn rl
by Xjfton. VhliH n.fwl b furtlHT hdviHr oa
mifdl trricti n x-!p to 1 2i o'c k, whon fc!x.r.t
tb Mi;bt qu!tioti l tb d-y wt toocliAil,
but from tJ i lout to Uip bM the n-i.tki was
wpftk oa frt- r,xditti'f. nJ tn'tdt- i j ilw U;r.
Quotation fit i) 1. h- wn-f irr-ru!hily iHOfil
lt c srr. J .rl -ith y-t t"-d.'y iit of th
li-t !"iriit frHdior.fclJy b:rhor. iih?(fth'reiowM
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GRAIN MARKETS.
Chicago.
II Krt-d xirvlj for Tins M-.a.Vi.o JtxD
(R1M l5 L. H. I-iaXi A Co .mrr.iVtoD IZer
tl'ir'r, lVsv-s' Ojera lln blocku
Tii'' follou i' f Ubl? xUhlt ib. briC'uMloDS lf
Art. Mor.t'i. Vitii $ lijsr-i't lwt. Vjl"j
J HQ
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New York.
rriMi I at !, l T t, :'j fA-.lmer I.--
xtm, $4 ZSf 4 'it, i c
VV ??t AT" i ?r"-n ! j--i.!! frhft:;-.
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t T' i v. tS !r! $ ; rjn-t t.f r;-
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